News Columnists
Steve Lopez
A bit player in L.A.'s medical marijuana theater - November 4, 2009 - All right, so I'm a few days late with this update on my medical marijuana adventures. In answer to readers, no, I was not too stoned to...
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George Skelton
The big state government that could - November 5, 2009 - The California Legislature did something right, it would seem. So did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Sandy Banks
Finding a deeper lesson in high school gang rape - November 7, 2009 - In last Saturday's column, I relied on teenagers at Richmond High to help me understand how gang rape became a spectator sport on their...
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Hector Tobar
Walking a mile in an immigrant's moccasins - November 2, 2009 - The wedding was all set. The bride would travel from Mexico City to Rexburg, Idaho, where she would walk down the aisle of the Mormon...
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James Rainey
Don't leave us, an Afghan radio programmer tells U.S. audiences - November 6, 2009 - In Masood Farivar's life, the absurdly improbable has often come to look like the preordained. Once a teenage jihadi who went to...
Business Columnists
Michael Hiltzik
Carly Fiorina's Senate campaign an uninspiring product launch - November 5, 2009 - The most cherished American credo is that anyone can grow up and run for high office.
David Lazarus
Real estate company's pitch leads to unexpected bill - November 4, 2009 - Maria Casanova, an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, toyed with the idea earlier this year of buying a foreclosed property near...
Kathy M. Kristof
Seniors can boost their Social Security benefits by 're-retiring' - November 1, 2009 - The Social Security Administration recently announced that retirees would get no cost-of-living adjustments this year -- and maybe not...
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Dan Neil
2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon: It sleekly transports your stuff - November 6, 2009 - When Italian car-making giant Fiat announced it would be taking over bankrupted, bailed-out Chrysler, I was skeptical. Indeed, I thought...
Tom Petruno
Why gold is shining brighter - November 7, 2009 - The American public has no say in Federal Reserve policy.
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Liz Pulliam Weston
Consider these factors before refinancing your home - November 1, 2009 - Dear Liz: When does it make sense to refinance a home? I have a 30-year, fixed-rate jumbo loan. The loan is just over 2 years old...
Sports Columnists
Chris Erskine
An Octomom costume provides a falsie sense of security - November 7, 2009 - Our Halloween was so good we would almost like to do it again a week later. The night was crisp and smelled of apples. We hit a couple...
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Bill Plaschke
A friend across the line in Garfield-Roosevelt game - November 6, 2009 - They sit next to each other at the kitchen table like oversized stuffed animals propped up on a bedroom shelf.
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T.J. Simers
His Breeders' Cup picks rate high on scale of 1 to 10 - November 7, 2009 - I'll get to Bo Derek. Yes, I will.
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Bill Dwyre
It's all about Zenyatta at Breeders' Cup - November 7, 2009 - Friday's first day of Breeders' Cup horse racing at Santa Anita was a Ladies Day delight. Saturday's second day is expected to be, well,...
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Helene Elliott
Kings win battle of the best, beating Pittsburgh, 5-2 - November 6, 2009 - As much as Kings Coach Terry Murray had insisted his team's game against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on...
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Kurt Streeter
Smoke in Pasadena is UCLA getting burned - October 18, 2009 - The wheels haven't just fallen off. On Saturday, for UCLA, the wheels fell, then tumbled down the side of a hot road, then settled into...
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Jerry Crowe
Hideki Matsui plays Godzilla and champions featured at Staples Center - November 5, 2009 - Godzilla lives in the Bronx. . . .
Opinion Columnists
Meghan Daum
Cyclists and motorists on collision course - November 5, 2009 - On Monday, Dr. Christopher Thompson, the driver who abruptly stopped his car in front of two cyclists last summer, was found guilty of six...
Jonah Goldberg
True conservatives just want a turn - November 3, 2009 - If there's one thing liberal pundits are experts on these days, it's the sorry state of conservatism. The airwaves and the Op-Ed pages...
Gregory Rodriguez
Don't count illegal immigrants? That doesn't add up - November 2, 2009 - Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has introduced legislation that, if passed, would instruct the U.S. Census Bureau not to take...
Doyle McManus
Talking with Iran -- and sending a message - November 1, 2009 - Iran's rejection last week of the Obama administration's proposal for a deal over uranium wasn't the end of nuclear negotiations with...
Tim Rutten
Putting California back to work - November 7, 2009 - The great military historian John Keegan reminds readers of the old axiom that a general's worst fault "is to take counsel of his fears."...
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