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Mailbag: Fire-ring smoke makes it hard to breathe
As a resident of Huntington Street, I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. It's horrible; the air quality is being adversely affected. My window sills are black with the soot from the fires. My screens are black, my...Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Ecosystems, John Boehner
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Commentary: It's time to end the tax holiday
About 12 years ago, President George W. Bush was handed a thriving economy with a budget surplus in the hundreds of billions of dollars a year, forecast over the ensuing decade. The national debt stood at about $5 trillion. He had a choice to make. He...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Holidays, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party
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Editorial: Honor the fallen in the civil rights war too
On Memorial Day, we will again honor Americans who died in service to their country. Many of these men and women were, of course, gay, serving under that shameful compromise known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and in deeper secrecy before that. With...Tags: Memorial Day, Human Interest, Civil Rights, Marriage, Los Angeles Times
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Mailbag: Republicans are too out of touch
While I vehemently disagree with R. Claire Friend regarding the Wisconsin recall, I respect her right to exercise her freedom of speech ("Wisconsin recall election," June 15). Having said that, I would respectfully ask her to save her history lessons,...Tags: Republican Party, Chris Christie, Awards and Prizes, High Schools, College Sports
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Editorial: 'Don't ask, don't tell' is finally buried
It's hard to believe there was a time when gay men and women were not allowed to disclose their sexuality while serving in the military. That time was last week. Here in the land of free expression, those who put on a uniform were not even allowed to...Tags: Social Issues, Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Mailbag: Original Village Entrance plan deserves another look
Bonnie Hano's letter in the May 10 Coastline Pilot, "City needs a more modest plan," is right on target, especially when combined with two news stories in the same issue — one concerning residents' uproar about tree removal downtown and the other...Tags: Robin Williams, Personal Income, John Boehner
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Editorial: IRS stonewalling makes the case for a special prosecutor
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...Tags: Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Prosecution, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...
Tags: Prosecution, Thomas Drake, U.S. Congress, Journalism, Judges
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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
Tags: Howard University, Robert Zoellick, Northeastern University, Lindsey O. Graham, Condoleezza Rice
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Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...Tags: John Kerry, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, U.S. Congress, Elections
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Scurrying away from Obamacare
''Like rats leaving the ship" would be the fitting description of members of Congress now wanting to exempt themselves from the Obamacare law. Now that the law is starting to unravel and they just realized it includes them, they want protection from...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Weather, U.S. Congress, Global Warming
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