http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2009, latimes.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 latimes/news/opinion/commentaryhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/Nas6uvuOfUY/la-oe-kaye23-2009nov23,0,5674170.story Obama and the Democrats want another crack at it, but nothing is certain. <br/><br/> If any one person embodies the complex politics of immigration reform, it is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. As governor of Arizona in 2007, she signed one of the nation's toughest state immigration laws, the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which imposed harsh penalties on businesses that knowingly employed undocumented workers. Now, as the nation's top immigration official, she will be asked to weigh in on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of that law. The case comes before the U.S. Supreme Court as Washington once again revives efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iu8JcUXC03Cv8MqnB2eePfZ3U88/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iu8JcUXC03Cv8MqnB2eePfZ3U88/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iu8JcUXC03Cv8MqnB2eePfZ3U88/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iu8JcUXC03Cv8MqnB2eePfZ3U88/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/Nas6uvuOfUY" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kaye23-2009nov23,0,5674170.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/LKWFUKAod2A/la-oe-love23-2009nov23,0,1732820.story Public anger at new recommendations is understandable but misdirected. While the latest data should be evaluated, regular screenings ought to be an individual decision. <br/><br/> Although we all would like to think that public health pronouncements are the unmitigated truth about any issue, rarely is that the case. We can only give our best guess, based on the current available data and our current understanding of the disease. Luckily, research continues, hypotheses are reformulated and new recommendations are made. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Q9QNY4tDQjq6PlIUGVL8ZGYcLw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Q9QNY4tDQjq6PlIUGVL8ZGYcLw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Q9QNY4tDQjq6PlIUGVL8ZGYcLw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Q9QNY4tDQjq6PlIUGVL8ZGYcLw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/LKWFUKAod2A" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-love23-2009nov23,0,1732820.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/hsh5uEn_Y2g/la-oe-rodriguez23-2009nov23,0,4785503.column Look deeper at a killer and what do you usually find? An angry, crazy person. <br/><br/> The Ft. Hood massacre was not the first violent tragedy that conservatives have blamed on political correctness. But it might be the first one in which they actually have a point. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ceMFbosQGfEOVWHlZ3ALoJkRUo4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ceMFbosQGfEOVWHlZ3ALoJkRUo4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ceMFbosQGfEOVWHlZ3ALoJkRUo4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ceMFbosQGfEOVWHlZ3ALoJkRUo4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/hsh5uEn_Y2g" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rodriguez23-2009nov23,0,4785503.column?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/gFYpgQQhw6M/la-oe-green22-2009nov22,0,6979155.story Southern California has embraced water conservation, but it must be more than a temporary response to drought. <br/><br/> California did it. This month, the Legislature passed a package of bills that includes a statewide urban water conservation goal of 20% by 2020. We have confronted the kind of conservation that will be needed to secure the water supply of Los Angeles, and the state, in the face of population growth and climate change. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kGdyawn8rA63iTTKzrDIM4xQLtQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kGdyawn8rA63iTTKzrDIM4xQLtQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kGdyawn8rA63iTTKzrDIM4xQLtQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kGdyawn8rA63iTTKzrDIM4xQLtQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/gFYpgQQhw6M" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-green22-2009nov22,0,6979155.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/UJfz2m1McKc/la-oe-wagman22-2009nov22,0,4080639.story Search engines are all well and good, but sometimes the best place to find something is a library. <br/><br/> Iam a Luddite. I refuse to use an electric toothbrush or can opener. I threw away our plug-in teakettle. I only read actual books; I don't listen to them on CD while I drive, and I can't imagine scrolling through "The Portrait of a Lady." But I am a lazy Luddite. I don't wash my clothes on a rock; I love my TiVo; and when it comes to research, I think nothing beats the Internet. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1WlaKdCjViCLJsCMZSh7YKyGiDs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1WlaKdCjViCLJsCMZSh7YKyGiDs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1WlaKdCjViCLJsCMZSh7YKyGiDs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1WlaKdCjViCLJsCMZSh7YKyGiDs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/UJfz2m1McKc" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-wagman22-2009nov22,0,4080639.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/t9vRgJa_118/la-oe-pett22-2009nov22,0,6254809.story The Far Eastern press' take on Barack Obama and his visit. <br/><br/> While stateside scribblers were throwing the book at Sarah Palin, how did our Far Eastern counterparts present our president? Singapore's Heng used a hoop metaphor for his sideline line drawing of the disarmed globe-trotter in chief. (Watch out, though -- Barack's a lefty, remember?) China Daily's Luojie treated Obama as a sweet-talking, sweet-hawking street huckster, while Guangzhou's Jianping Fan served up kinder and gentler pie-in-the-sky. Of course, these are only the sanitized, officially approved cartoons. A fearlessly independent press like ours would've tackled weightier stuff . . . like Sarahpalooza. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9xDnaF4whAgigLnUWhS1xFm8aGY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9xDnaF4whAgigLnUWhS1xFm8aGY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9xDnaF4whAgigLnUWhS1xFm8aGY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9xDnaF4whAgigLnUWhS1xFm8aGY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/t9vRgJa_118" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-pett22-2009nov22,0,6254809.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/yy2QS-vulm8/la-oe-barash22-2009nov22,0,6449127.story Swapping partners in the animal world is more common than once thought. Even birds do it. But while polygamy may be in our genes, fidelity has its benefits. <br/><br/> Right-wing pro-marriage advocates are correct: Monogamy is definitely under siege. But not from uncloseted polyamorists, adolescent "hook-up" advocates, radical feminists, Godless communists or some vast homosexual conspiracy. The culprit is our own biology. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iQUjKo_JIhrAQDn-FwFPkBev5y0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iQUjKo_JIhrAQDn-FwFPkBev5y0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iQUjKo_JIhrAQDn-FwFPkBev5y0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iQUjKo_JIhrAQDn-FwFPkBev5y0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/yy2QS-vulm8" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-barash22-2009nov22,0,6449127.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/LWxdTQ8fuj4/la-oe-mcmanus22-2009nov22,0,1631688.column It's a battle of special interests and parochialism. <br/><br/> This weekend, as the Senate tackles the healthcare bill that may be its most important domestic legislation in a generation, you might have expected thousands of citizens to descend on Capitol Hill to demonstrate, for or against. But the streets outside -- and even the Senate floor -- aren't where the action is. The important parts of this debate have moved into the Senate's backrooms. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SK1NeUB0svR5wCrEJHE2tOeVHkc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SK1NeUB0svR5wCrEJHE2tOeVHkc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SK1NeUB0svR5wCrEJHE2tOeVHkc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SK1NeUB0svR5wCrEJHE2tOeVHkc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/LWxdTQ8fuj4" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus22-2009nov22,0,1631688.column?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/Y5QOgU8yDkc/la-oe-jacques22-2009nov22,0,1374137.story The West has gotten it wrong on China for decades -- even as it embraces a market economy, it has shunned Western-style freedoms. And its power is only growing. <br/><br/> The dynamics of President Obama's trip to China were markedly different from those evident on visits made by President Clinton and President George W. Bush. This time the Chinese made clear that they were unwilling even to discuss issues such as human rights or free speech. Why? The relationship between the countries has changed: America feels weak and China strong in their bilateral ties. This is not a temporary shift that will reverse itself once the U.S. has escaped from its mountain of debt. Rather, it is the expression of a deep and progressive shift in the balance of power between the two nations, one that is giving the Chinese -- though studiously cautious in their approach -- a rising sense of self-confidence. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lfMEOHQSx47CudPi_ah0AlqqyDc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lfMEOHQSx47CudPi_ah0AlqqyDc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lfMEOHQSx47CudPi_ah0AlqqyDc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lfMEOHQSx47CudPi_ah0AlqqyDc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/Y5QOgU8yDkc" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jacques22-2009nov22,0,1374137.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~3/Bye01gQoxbs/la-oe-morrison21-2009nov21,0,3756464.story Benefactor Eli Broad has challenged the art museum to 'make new history.' The chief curator intends to do just that. <br/><br/> Paul Schimmel doesn't need much encouragement to squire a guest around the Museum of Contemporary Art's galleries, which he does with the zest of a house-proud homeowner. And why shouldn't he? Next month, MOCA's chief curator celebrates 20 years with the museum, which has just put up a big, gorgeous show of its collections for its own "First Thirty Years" celebration. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bSRdintdubjj9hVlzkzjiqHmQHw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bSRdintdubjj9hVlzkzjiqHmQHw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bSRdintdubjj9hVlzkzjiqHmQHw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bSRdintdubjj9hVlzkzjiqHmQHw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/opinion/commentary/~4/Bye01gQoxbs" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison21-2009nov21,0,3756464.story?track=rss