Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Los Angeles Herald.com http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/cat/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:25:26 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:25:26 -0400 30 GOP than of Democrats. So naturally with all these facts in mind, it was time for the House Republicans to band together to pass legislation that restricts women's right to choose in a manner that is not only patently unconstitutional but has no chance of passage in the Senate whatsoever. And that's not even taking into account the obstacle of a president who has pledged to veto it. ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215305703/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:33:54 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215305703/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 There was plenty of talk about breathing easier and the end of a long fiscal storm among the eight mayors who joined state Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans Wednesday to hail the 2013 Legislature's big boost in state aid to cities, through a revamped Local Government Aid (LGA) program. The $80 million increase over three years is the first substantial boost cities have seen since the program ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215304420/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:55:14 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215304420/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 On my visits to Afghanistan, I witnessed with each trip improved access to regular electricity . There are today two main story lines when it comes to Afghanistan: the scheduled pullout of the U.S. troops in 2014, and what a hopeless cause the country has turned out to be.The widely accepted impression is that, for all the resources poured into Afghanistan, little of value has been achieved on ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215303141/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:32:05 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215303141/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A cart with finished room-service orders at the New York Hilton Midtown, June 2, 2013. In August, the hotel will discontinue food and drink service to all 2,000 of its rooms; in its place will be a new cafeteria-style restaurant that will be stocked with grab-and-go ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215299550/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:18 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215299550/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 , the 1899 story collection by African-American writer Charles Chestnutt about race relations in South post-Civil War. Strangely, Steinbrueck chose to read it in dialect, making him sound like Chris Rock impersonating a white Seattle architect trying to ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215299551/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:11:33 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215299551/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 An immigration activist holds up a sign on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol during an All In for Citizenship rally April 10, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. [Alex Wong/Getty ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215299552/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:11:32 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215299552/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Patience with Nicklesville has proved useless. ["Editorial: Seattle Council presses on against homelessness," Opinion, June 17.] But the first priority of the Seattle City Council and the Legislature is the construction or securing of buildings to house the homeless.The Times is right to urge more mental health and chemical dependency services, but wrong to not first emphasize getting ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215297703/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:35 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215297703/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 meets with world leaders, I hope that he can reach an international consensus on engaging in Syria because we should not get drawn into another proxy war that would entangle us with Hezbollah, Iran and Russia. While I understand that President Obama's ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215297704/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215297704/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The newly elected president of Iran is a moderate. What does that mean exactly? The late-night comics ponder that question and say goodbye to outgoing leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Check out our favorite jokes about the Iranian election, then vote for yours in the quick poll to the right. Watching this from your smartphone or tablet? Then go ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215297705/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:01 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215297705/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Magazine unveiled a fashion spread featuring images based on famous women writers who killed themselves. To call it merely tasteless would be to understate how calculated it was as well as how revolting it was -- it literally created an image based on a real writer who really hanged herself with a pair of stockings, and then it told you where to buy the stockings. And because it was ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295956/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:02:08 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295956/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Readers are disappointed that state Sen. Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, abandoned talks on road and education funding. (Dale G. Young/The Detroit ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295957/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:42 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295957/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Illustration by Donna Grethen Summertime brings us parents into much closer contact with the kids in our children’s’ lives. Play times that normally happen during the school day or in after-school programs are now front and center. I take a hands off approach to choosing my son’s friends. We talk about the need for honest, supportive friends. He can spot a bully a mile off. And ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295959/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:49:55 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295959/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 ["Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of $1 verdict in SPD case," NW Tuesday, June 18.] Is security worth more than the $50,000 they seek? Daily, I am bewildered as to why people on the street seem unconcerned about illegal activity around them. Could it be because of how Rutherford's attorneys and the court system handled this ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295960/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:49:55 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295960/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 ["Editorial: The value of Boeing's Puget Sound workers," Opinion, June 18.] The editorial board does the public a disservice by using simplistic reasoning. The attraction of states such as South Carolina is much more complex. Workers in South Carolina are free to organize; however, they don't have to join labor unions, depriving these unions of coerced money to influence ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295962/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:49:54 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295962/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Here is a study from Cannabinoids, 2006, by Arno Hazekamp of Leiden University, the Netherlands . The study compared samples from the unregulated coffee-house trade with official Dutch medical marijuana. The coffeshop marijuana had most of the market because it was cheaper, and some users liked it better. But it was also contaminated with bacteria and mold, so that the regulated cannabis was ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295961/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:49:54 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295961/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Searching for Hoffa in Oakland Township, Mich.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) The U.S. Department of Justice has a curious set of priorities. In the wake of the nation's most serious economic collapse in decades, the federal government is giving up on pursuit of a Seattle businessman suspected of bankruptcy fraud. Yet the FBI still can find the resources and sustain the inclination to search for ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295958/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:49:54 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215295958/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hey, you - the guy with a real job. You know, a "make things/break things/get your hands dirty" job?Here’s what the political class now pushing immigration amnesty thinks of you:"There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut it. There shouldn’t be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215292783/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:29 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215292783/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 who swallowed a clock and shadows a terrified Capt. Hook. Somebody has to scare athletes into playing faster. In baseball, golf and tennis in particular, we are being slowwwwwwly lulled to sleep before every pitch, every shot. The pretentious preparation is interminable. In baseball, the pitcher holds the ball, pondering what to throw as if his decision -- a two-seamer or breaking ball -- would ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215289860/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:30:51 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215289860/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Ron Wyden doesn't want to call the director of national intelligence a liar.The Oregon Democrat is too seasoned a politician for that -- and James Clapper's self-assessment, that he answered in the "least untruthful manner" when the senator asked whether the National Security Agency was collecting data about millions of Americans, speaks for itself."No, sir . . . not ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288919/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:11 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288919/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Heartfelt thank you from Chanse's familyThe loss of our beautiful boy Chanse Drew was the epitome of sadness and pain for our family. At this time we would like to extend our heartfelt thank you for all the calls, visits and acts of compassion to help us in this most tragic moment. We would like to extend a special thank you to those of you that donated to the Chanse Drew Benefit Fund. We ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288920/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:09 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288920/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Rick Raemisch was named head of the Colorado Department of Corrections last week. (Denver Post file) ( | ) Rick Raemisch, the incoming director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, has a tough job ahead.The former head of the Wisconsin prison system says he took the job because of, not in spite of, the death of Tom Clements, the corrections director believed to have been shot to death by ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288922/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:06 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288922/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lakewood Police officer James Davies was shot and killed by another officer on Nov. 9, 2012. For cops, it doesn't get a whole lot worse than accidentally shooting and killing one of your own.Tragically, that's exactly what happened in Lakewood seven months ago during a tense hunt for an armed suspect.In response, the Lakewood Police Department opted to commission ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288921/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:05 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288921/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a reading of election law used by Secretary of State Ruth Johnson (in red), which vindicated Gov. Rick Snyder's veto of Johnson's effort to add to the voter registration process. (Dale G. Young/The Detroit ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:15 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Farmington Public School District has a $222 million bond proposal that looks great on paper, and a website full of information that is fashioned to convince residents to ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:14 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Anniversaries remind us of how far we have come and how far we still have to go. This weekend an important milestone is coming up in Detroit, and I urge everyone to think about what it means to the city, our state and our nation. Some people do not realize that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the first version of his ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:13 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Metro Detroit relies on Detroit's water system. Some readers would like to see the control of that system regionalized. (Ricardo Thomas/The Detroit ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:13 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The policies and practices of our harsh immigration system violate human rights: basic respect, dignity, safety and needs of ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:11 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Alzheimer's disease is becoming the most expensive malady in the country. Coupled with the numbers in the baby boom generation, the costs of treating it will skyrocket at a rate rarely occurring in chronic diseases. Utah will have the highest per capita prevalence increase of Alzheimer's among all states — a 127 percent increase by 2025. As a result, the "Health Outcomes, ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288133/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:10 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288133/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hassan Rowhani isn't likely to dramatically change the face of Iran overnight. While his campaign speeches promised better relations with the West, he has set strict conditions for those relations, including for the United States to back away from efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288134/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:09 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215288134/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Cheryl's Apricot Fragipane Galette . Apricots are the finest of summer's fruits, with dense, juicy flesh and delicate, velvety skins. Piled in baskets in farmers market stalls, they seem to glow in the early morning light. The prettiest ones have a celestial blush and a sweet, floral fragrance. That's why it is so disheartening when you bite into one only to find it is ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287230/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:19:20 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287230/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A House oversight committee got an earful from state Auditor Suzanne Bump about the apparent inability - or unwillingness - of Patrick administration welfare officials to do the most routine of checks to fight fraud in the EBT program.The governor continued - as recently as yesterday - to insist that there was an element of "exaggeration" in the reporting on claims that 1,164 recipients ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287231/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:41 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287231/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hey, you - the guy with a real job. You know, a "make things/break things/get your hands dirty" job?Here’s what the political class now pushing immigration amnesty thinks of you:"There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut it. There shouldn’t be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:41 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Last, there’s the nature of the disclosures. The initial story broke at precisely the moment President Obama was meeting with the new Chinese president, undermining Obama’s effort to press the issue of Chinese hacking (a practice Snowden seems mysteriously indifferent to). Soon thereafter, Snowden went from "whistle-blowing" on alleged domestic data-mining abuses to leaking ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287232/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:41 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287232/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Abolish the BRAThe Boston Redevelopment Authority cannot be improved; it cannot be made more transparent or responsive; it cannot be broken up to separate planning and development ("BRA’s independence has eroded, critics say," June 7). It was created and structured to be exactly what it is and do exactly what it does, which has included throwing people off their land. The BRA is ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:40 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215287234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I was not surprised to read of this incident. ["Teen cyclist hit, killed in charity ride," NW Monday, June 17.] I would not have been surprised to see several other accidents or deaths related to this event. I was driving east on Pioneer Highway at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and found myself amid dozens of bicyclists. The cyclists were riding as if there were no cars on the highway; in many ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215286411/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:49 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215286411/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 helped break up more than 50 plots , including bombings of the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subways. Courts, Congress and a gaggle of self-imposed restrictions protect privacy and civil liberties, other witnesses assured. The message was clear: Nothing to worry about here. Trust us.So what's not to like? The lessons of history. As Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn, said, "We know ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215284668/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:32 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215284668/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 No U.S. person anywhere in the world can be intentionally monitored without a specific order. The gross distortion of two vital National Security Agency (NSA) programs is dangerous and unfortunate.Neither program authorizes NSA to read e-mails or listen to phone calls of American citizens. Both are constitutional with numerous checks and balances by all three branches of government. OUR ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215284667/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:32 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215284667/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 WE recently learned Boeing will be moving some engineers and technical professionals to other parts of the country. The news comes at a time when the world’s focus is on aerospace, with this week’s Paris Air Show and last Friday’s inaugural flight of the Airbus A350 - the rival to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Moving jobs is a continuation of the company’s steady ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283446/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:46 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283446/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sylvester Bush, 50, of Renton is one of the first drivers for Lyft, a ride-sharing app that launched in Seattle last month. He puts the app’s trademark pink mustache on the front of his car so that app users in downtown Seattle and Capitol Hill know he’s their ride. [Greg Gilbert, The Seattle ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283568/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:52 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283568/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Muraco Kyashna-Tocha started the Green Buddha marijuana dispensary in an unlabeled Seattle storefront in 2008. In 2009, she applied for a business license. In 2010, she began paying taxes and, in 2012, she passed a tax audit. She says, "And I expect to shut in April 2014" when the stores for the public are open for business. Cannabis is a new industry. Change is organic, not ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283569/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:50 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283569/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lincoln Day Dinner is still a Republican Party staple, but it's not clear that most Republicans understand why, outside of inertia and the historic accident that the 16th president happens to be a founding figure in the party.This is a symptom of the party's current discontents. Lincoln is the foremost proponent of opportunity in U.S. history. He lived a life of aspiration -- rising ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283570/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:26 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283570/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 She followed the directions of lawyers and police and undertook every legal remedy available to a woman being terrorized by a violent and enraged husband. She filed a restraining order; she reported his threats and violence to the police, repeatedly; finally, when it seemed she would get no protection from the escalating threats, she took her two small children and fled the family ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283571/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:57 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215283571/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows damaged buildings during battles between the rebels and the Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, June 13, ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282470/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:57 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282470/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This same question might fairly be asked about the controversy dominating the news since the leak that revealed the intelligence community’s highly classified electronic surveillance program. Why are we so fascinated with this case? Why are some Americans outraged at the government while others are outraged at the leaker? Why do so many of us have such firm and passionate views about all of ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282471/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:56 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282471/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hasan Rowhani as president of Iran creates a chance for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over that country's potential nuclear-weapons program. But a diplomatic solution is far from a sure ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282472/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:54 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282472/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 For all the teen drama, they are, and will remain, my life. I recently got into a debate with a friend of mine over a remark I'd made, mostly in passing. "My kids are my life," I said.My friend, who is childless, argued that parents these days often sacrifice too much of their own lives in pursuit of the impossible: perfect child-rearing. She also pin-pointedly noted that kids are ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282474/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:05 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282474/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 kids' clothing consignment business , a little like the ones that are everywhere now but also a little different. What started as a small family business operating out of our home has grown to 22 states. Now, though, it might all turn out to be illegal, thanks to the bureaucratic thinking of the Department of Labor.Help a mother outThe business model that parents thought was an innovation, ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282473/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:05 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282473/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We asked our Twitter followers what they thought about the Supreme Court striking down an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Comments edited for clarity and grammar: There are legitimate concerns to voter fraud, but the Arizona law was politically motivated. Striking it made sense.-- @JonFRiceThe ruling is a major victory for allowing all citizens to vote without ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282475/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:03 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282475/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A viral video of a Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells, and a photo of a Wendy's worker eating ice cream from the dispenser, are examples of social media hazards for brands today. Comments from Facebook:Do you really think an employee who works for less than $10 an hour cares about losing his or her job? I doubt it, but in higher-paying professions, people fear losing their ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282476/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:01 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282476/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sit for their official photograph. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require proof of citizenship when people register to ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282477/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:59 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282477/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Some UCLA climate experts scaled down global climate models to create high-resolution looks at Southern California spots like Big Bear, Wrightwood and Frazier Park, and the forecast isn't good: By midcentury, snowfall on Southern California mountains will be 30 percent to 40 percent less than it was as the 20th century ended, according to the study led by Alex Hall, UCLA professor of ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282478/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:13 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215282478/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The bipartisan Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences is issuing a report on the subject. Once again, in our contentious Congress, the sideshow is upstaging the circus. While our representatives are ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215281311/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:34:38 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215281311/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on to the ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:07 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 There was a time not that long ago when it would have seemed far-fetched to suggest that the law should protect gay and lesbian students in public schools from bullying or discrimination. It wasn’t just that homosexuality was still regarded as undesirable, even pathological. There was also a reluctance to recognize that children and adolescents might identify themselves - and be identified ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:07 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 CLOSE ON the TINIEST AND MOST ADORABLE PUPPY, who tilts his head inquisitively, at a distant noise. TINIEST AND MOST ADORABLE PUPPY (grimly): .... Wurf? crash through the rear wall, which causes the ceiling to crumble. Screams. Blood. Silence. Standing unhurt atop the rubble, WONDER ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:50 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Non-Western philosophy is typically represented in philosophy curricula in a merely token way. Western philosophy is always the unmarked category, the standard in relation to which non-Western philosophy provides a useful ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:49 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 file photo, Indian women carry signs as they march to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India. For decades, women have had little choice but to walk away when groped in a crowded bus or train, or to simply cringe as someone tosses an obscene comment their way. Even if they haven't experienced explicit sexual abuse themselves, they live ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:57 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215280132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Graduation advice for my daughter: Bless people. Don’t worry about impressing them. And when God blesses you, enjoy the blessing and be ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215278872/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:43 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215278872/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The elections of the Islamic Republic of Iran have lead to a surprising — to some at least — result: The election of ';moderate'; Hassan Rowhani over various hardline candidates. The election, unnoticed by many until the results were announced, has resulted in a flurry of opinions on how Rowhani's election will shape and change policies with Iran. Some, such as ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215278873/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:40 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215278873/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 services for Seattle Central Community College, which owns the Egyptian, he is basically the theater’s landlord. And the interest in preserving the theater has been so strong this morning that Keever said the college will quickly open a bidding process. ';This is actually very exciting,'; said Keever. He believes it would likely be attractive as a performing arts space as well as ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215277632/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:16:47 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215277632/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In 2000, I greeted the first entering graduate-student class at Berkeley where the women outnumbered the men. I was the first female dean of the graduate division. As a ‘70s feminist I cautiously thought, "Is the revolution over? Have we won?" Hardly. That afternoon I looked around the room at my first dean’s meeting and all I saw were gray-haired men. The next week at the ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:32 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 OGDEN -- It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:21 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 But just imagine how many more bucks taxpayers will lose in the black hole of government if the public is unable to track tax dollars and hold local officials accountable for ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276236/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:13 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276236/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 People on both sides of the guns debate -- but mostly the pro-guns side -- look at the story of Orange County's gun-toting grandma and say, "See, this proves our ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276235/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:12 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215276235/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 While being treated for brain cancer in 2009, my friend Jackie and her family were well served by the Richard M. Schulze American Cancer Society Hope Lodge. It's a well-appointed, comforting home away from home for cancer patients at University of Minnesota Medical Center/Fairview. That personal connection with the generosity ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215274802/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:29 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215274802/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Instantaneous background checks during gun purchases is a good idea, but I will not support the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility's (WALFGUR) petition to require it for many private transfers. ["Advocates unveil gun background-check initiative," NW Wednesday, June 12] Their initiative is not about background checks. It's about increasing the waiting period for ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215273282/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:54:12 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215273282/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The late-night comics put their spin on the latest Kardashian "spinoff": the birth of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby girl. What chance do you think their child has for a normal life out of the public eye? Here's what the comedians thought as they welcomed the new addition to the family. Take a look at our favorite jokes from the lineup, then vote for yours in the quick ... http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215273283/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:44 -0400 http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/sid/215273283/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867