editor Editorial: LAPD had better come clean about shocking beating of an unarmed Boyle Heights man By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:00:45 -0400 This is no time for LAPD to "manage" public anger. It is a time to come clean. Full Article
editor Editorial: Betsy DeVos hits the reset button on campus sexual harassment rules By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:00:06 -0400 In a rare bit of reasonable regulatory activity by the Trump administration, new rules governing sexual assault accusations at colleges strike the right balance -- for the most part. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: How can Trump's critics possibly get through to his supporters? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:00:39 -0400 People are making valid points about Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, but the president's supporters aren't listening. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to stop calling California a 'nation-state' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:00:50 -0400 Gov. Newsom has taken to calling California a "nation-state" when discussing its efforts to fight the coronavirus. Constitutionally, that's not true. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic sickens NIMBYs with heartlessness By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:21 -0400 Laguna Woods residents express dismay at their neighbors' opposition to using a nearby hotel as housing for homeless coronavirus patients. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: A memorable Passover celebration at 'Temple Beth Zoom' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:33 -0400 With social distancing a must, this year's virtual celebration will be long remembered. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: How L.A.'s hotel industry is stepping up in the COVID-19 crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:38 -0400 Local hotels have repurposed thousands of rooms for use by medical professionals and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Finally, the coronavirus screening we need — blood antibody testing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:42 -0400 Screening a sample of the population to see who has been infected with COVID-19 and who hasn't is a huge step forward in returning to normal life. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: The coronavirus is America's chance to become a mature nation By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:56 -0400 America's optimism may have blinded it to the coronavirus. Now, with suffering a part of our daily life, we have a chance to become a mature nation. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Ease Iran sanctions during coronavirus pandemic. It's what a Christian country should do By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:05 -0400 Easing sanctions on Iran, hard hit by the coronavirus, would be a humanitarian act that reminds the world of what America truly is. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: How will Newsom protect Calfornia if other states end coronavirus restrictions? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:39 -0400 Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court's Wisconsin decision shows how democracy ends By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:51 -0400 The Supreme Court is allowing the Republican Party to suppress the vote. This bodes very poorly for democracy in America. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Hubris and bad leadership made America a perfect target for the coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:57 -0400 Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act? Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Trump is No. 1 in headlines that start with 'president lashes out' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:27:21 -0400 This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Why just a running mate? Joe Biden should name his entire Cabinet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:32 -0400 These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: I had to make many, many calls about my unemployment benefits. This is a crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:37 -0400 Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus kills the delusion that government should be like a business By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:38 -0400 Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Trump punishes the World Health Organization for his own mistakes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:00:57 -0400 Halting funding of the WHO is another in a long line of decisions made by the Trump administration abdicating U.S. leadership on science. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Too bad it's taking a pandemic for leaders to get creative on homelessness By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:47 -0400 A tent city for homeless veterans? It should not have taken a deadly pandemic for local leaders to come up with that solution. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Austin Beutner's LAUSD leadership amid crisis is winning over skeptical teachers By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:52 -0400 An LAUSD teacher who once campaigned against Austin Beutner gives the superintendent credit for his leadership during the pandemic. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Who asked Ron Reagan about his zealous atheism? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:53 -0400 Ron Reagan, son of the late president, was in an ad for an atheist interest group. He should have just kept his nonbelief to himself. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Tuition-free college used to be common in the U.S. It can be again By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Free college was common in the U.S. until the 1960s and produced alumni that included Nobel Prize winners and accomplished statesmen. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Treat clean energy like fossil fuel by giving it plenty of government money By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:25 -0400 Clean energy wants a level playing field with fossil fuels and nuclear power. It needs government funding for that to happen. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Being a scientist while placating a narcissist — Anthony Fauci's impossible job By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:34 -0400 Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Restart the economy? We can't even stock enough toilet paper right now By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:48 -0400 It's insane to think life can return to normal soon when we haven't even figured out how to get enough milk and toilet paper into stores. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Churches don't have a 1st Amendment right to ruin public health By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 06:00:35 -0400 Some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks have been linked to religious services, and the public's health trumps every other right. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Trump didn't prepare for the coronavirus, and neither did you By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 06:00:35 -0400 People who blame the president for failing to prepare the country ignore an important fact: We didn't want to believe America was vulnerable to COVID-19. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: A Yosemite with no people and only animals is a sight to behold By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 06:00:54 -0400 Bears, deer and other animals are roaming freely in areas once packed by Yosemite tourists. It appears the coronavirus is teaching us something about humans. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Unodocumented workers pay taxes. They deserve more than one-time coronavirus aid By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:04 -0400 A program for one-time assistance to undocumented workers affected by the pandemic is a start, but California must do much more. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: You can order TP on Amazon, but you might not actually receive it By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:10 -0400 A reader says it's nice to know she wasn't the only one who was apparently duped after she bought packages of toilet paper on the Amazon Marketplace. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Yeah, Trump is lazy, but underestimating him is dangerous By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:21 -0400 The president might not like to work, but the people who think and act for him are very effective at their jobs. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: The Postal Service helps define our nation. Losing it would be devastating By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:40 -0400 The Postal Service is as important to the United States as its language and its highways. Losing it would forever change the country for the worse. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: 'Liberate' protests show why Trump is such a dangerous president By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:01:54 -0400 Protesters violating every rule on fighting COVID-19, with the support of the president, show how badly we need competent leadership. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Hospitals needs to stop treating nurses like they're expendable By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 06:00:35 -0400 When doctors are given N95 masks but the nurses who frequently come into contact with sick patients do not, you know something's wrong. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Why the Stanford blood antibody study might not be very useful By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 06:00:48 -0400 Participants in the Stanford study self-selected, among other flaws. Its results do not reveal anything meaningful about the coronavirus. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Close some L.A. streets to cars — but reopen hiking trails too By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 06:00:57 -0400 Calls to close streets to automobiles show the demand for exercise. Too bad all local trails have been closed to hikers. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: The myth of Americans coming together after a catastrophe By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:00:26 -0400 We're still divided into red state and blue states. Of course we aren't coming together with a disaster like the COVID-19 pandemic raging on. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Democrats were impeaching Trump when action against coronavirus was needed By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:00:37 -0400 No Democratic candidates called for social distancing before Super Tuesday, and now the left is Monday-morning quarterbacking the president. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: The rich are going to have to pay more in taxes after the coronavirus pandemic By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:00:38 -0400 Governments across the U.S. have simply not saved enough to deal with coronavirus-induced budget shortfalls. They need to start taxing the rich more. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: A pandemic is the worst time for local newspapers to die By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:00:39 -0400 We need local reporting now more than ever, but things don't look good after the folding of three community newspapers in Southern California. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Dealing with coronavirus was Trump's job, even during impeachment By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:01 -0400 Even when he was being impeached, Trump still had a job to do. Nothing justifies his failure to take early action against the coronavirus. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Every American needs an N95 mask more than a stimulus check By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:02 -0400 Cloth masks are not nearly as effective as N95 respirators and they give wearers a false sense of security against the coronavirus. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Newsom's stopgap stimulus for immigrants perpetuates their abuse By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:15 -0400 The state isn't doing right by undocumented immigrants with a financial relief program that does nothing to address abusive labor practices. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: No, flawed coronavirus antibody studies don't mean we can reopen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:54 -0400 The study authors are reckless to say we need to "recalibrate" public health approaches because the actual COVID-19 mortality rate might be lower. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: State governors, listen to your mayors who don't want to reopen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:19 -0400 State preemption has been used against local governments on a number of issues; it would be a mistake for that to happen now amid coronavirus fears. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: One draconian law is killing the U.S. Postal Service. Rescind it By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:30 -0400 A 2006 law requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund future retirees' health benefits has accelerated the agency's financial decline. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus stirs readers' patriotism — for California By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:48 -0400 A call to split the U.S. into separate republics based on our deep political divisions draws support from readers. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: It's time to trade mass lockdowns for more tailored protection measures By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:53 -0400 Our healthcare system has not been overwhelmed. It's time to return to normal for most people while taking measures to protect the vulnerable. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Enforcing Trump's anti-immigrant policies makes no sense in a pandemic By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:53:52 -0400 The spouses of immigrants need economic help too so they can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
editor Letters to the Editor: Gavin Newsom's briefings are reassuring, even if they're filled with jargon By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 06:00:10 -0400 Gov. Gavin Newsom's daily coronavirus news conferences may drag on, but he's hitting all the right notes with the public. Full Article