The best way to begin to repair the damage wrought by our nation’s troubled racial history is to dump the politically toxic word “reparations.” Even casual students of history know […]
Columns/Opinion
Get used to it! ‘Netflix and chill’ to end
Brian Boyle Los Angeles Times A late-night text suggesting “NBCUniversal streaming service and chill?” doesn’t seem quite as inviting as a “Netflix and chill?” summons via SMS, but it’s the […]
Democrats’ can still untap anti-Trump Kryptonite
Twenty candidates lined up this week for the first televised debates of the 2020 election. The roster is maxed out, with senators, governors, mayors, and tech entrepreneurs all vying for […]
Despite the threat do your job
I recently spoke at the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Houston. It was an honor to be invited, but I really wondered what I could say that would have […]
Shifting politics: A conservative case for carbon tax
Republicans have long been nearly united in their opposition to any comprehensive effort to reduce climate change. Part of the opposition is political: They may be making the calculation that, […]
They’re kids. This is America
Children are suffering in migrant camps along our southern border. They are living in cramped, filthy conditions. Many are sick. Six have died since last year. These are children. They […]
Anti-Trump crafters face decade-long unraveling
I’ve been crocheting since I was 10, when my Tita Lisa taught me the magic of granny squares. Fellow yarn nerds will understand the bliss of spending hours at Hobby […]
Mexico is not now and never was the enemy
On a daily basis, President Donald Trump hurls threats at Mexico — close the border, levy new tariffs, arrest millions. But history shows it’s smarter to recognize our neighbor as […]
Gulag helped kill Egypt’s only elected leader
When Egypt’s first and only elected president, Mohamed Mursi, dropped dead in a courtroom last week, official Washington barely noticed. President Donald Trump was focused on the crisis in Iran. […]
Family planning good investment
Malcolm Potts And Alisha Graves Los Angeles Times In the late 1960s, for a brief moment, population growth commanded the kind of political, popular and academic focus that climate change […]




