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Contributor: Can we get some clarity on the latest U.S. trade policy?

Veronique de Rugy — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT

President Trump's furious attack on Canada has alienated our closest neighbor and sent them running into the arms of China.

Letters to the Editor: Coyotes aren't vicious toward humans and deserve our protection

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT

'Predators in the midst of our all-consuming urban sprawl, including coyotes, suffer largely due to bigotry motivated by ignorance and lack of protection,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: Citizens United ruling proved that morality and legality don't always coincide

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'The Supreme Court, in its Citizens United ruling, said corporations, labor unions and exempt organizations have the 1st Amendment free-speech rights to independently spend unlimited funds to affect elections. SEIU could be seen as creatively stretching that right,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: Don't let a setback distract us from California's need for a high-speed rail

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'Anyone who has been fortunate to travel overseas, especially to Japan, would understand the economic upside,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: Taxes are supposed to benefit the common citizen, not the super-rich

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'It's obvious that the wealthy don't really feel the tax bite that middle-class taxpayers do. If you earn $100 million, your rich-person's lifestyle is completely isolated from your tax liability,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: Unhoused Californians are being left behind in El Niño preparations

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'Please, California and Los Angeles, get to work now to protect not only property but thousands of unhoused lives,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Calmes: Trump's lost his star power, at home and abroad

Jackie Calmes — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:04:00 GMT

His appearance at the U.N. only underscored how far he has retreated from global leadership.

Contributor: Young people aren't voting. Sacramento knows how to change that

Conner Huey — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

Many states and the Trump administration have rushed to restrict ballot access. California should do the opposite.

Contributor: California needs common-sense ID law to ensure votes count

Bill Jones — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:01:00 GMT

Some observers suspect the real goal is voter suppression, but Proposition 39 addresses that by requiring the state to issue a free ID to any voter who requests one.

Letters to the Editor: Voters should give Mayor Bass credit for L.A.'s lowered crime rates

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

'The number of homicides has dropped to 1966 levels, when Los Angeles' population was around 2.6 million. Today, almost 4 million people live in Los Angeles,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: History shows us that the Federal Reserve can't stop inflation

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:34:44 GMT

'The Fed will neither produce a barrel of oil nor reduce a single unnecessary tariff,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: In the Great Barrier Reef, coral quantity shouldn't be mistaken for quality

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'A recently burned forest where young trees have regrown is not equivalent to one filled with mature redwoods. The same is true for reefs,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: My parents didn't need an El Niño year to see the ocean claim their beach house

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'On Jan. 23, 1943, a huge storm hit Long Beach. The storm waves (possibly coupled with high tides) washed [my parents'] house out to sea,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: California needs to lead by example in protecting the November elections

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'The public in California, at least, is getting wiser and more outspoken about the need to ignore the attempts to challenge our votes and needs to convince other states to do so,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Macklemore broke the unspoken bond between artist and concertgoer

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'Macklemore has the freedom to speak his mind on any issue, but choosing to do so to a captive audience who was there to see another artist was pure self-righteous virtue signaling,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: When domestic violence survivors say they're in danger, believe them

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'Dismissing their risk assessment can be fatal. We must also build proactive responses that support the entire family,' writes two L.A. Times readers.

Contributor: There's precedent for regulating AI. Look to nuclear power

David G. Victor — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

After Three Mile Island, leading nuclear firms started regulating themselves, just as some AI firms are urging today.

Goldberg: While the world is on fire, the media are still obsessed with Israel

Jonah Goldberg — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Israel was mentioned more than twice as often as Iran, Russia, Ukraine or China on American news networks in 2024.

Contributor: The AI deal only Trump and Xi Jinping could make

Josh Lederman — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT

The convergence of powerful leaders and urgent circumstances presents a rare opportunity Thursday in the Oval Office.

Letters to the Editor: We need more reporting on the climate activists pushing back

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:40:36 GMT

'The small and big actions that individuals and groups are coming up with to take a stand in opposition to the policies and actions of this administration need attention so the pushback momentum can swell,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: The only way to slow AI is to stop building power plants and data centers

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT

'Put simply, AI systems consume electric power and produce heat and entropy, according to the second law of thermodynamics. The only way to slow them down is to starve them of electric power and computing power,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Insurance giants profit off of California's drivers while starving our property market

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'If insurers want to profit off California drivers, the price of admission must include stabilizing our housing market,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Women aren't the ones to blame for sexploitation in advertising

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'[Guest contributor Andrea Javor] warns us to stop taking the bait, rather than admitting the liability lies with those dangling bait that reinforces a vulgar and dangerous element of patriarchy,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: America's free press hasn't always been perfect, but it still needs to be protected

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'Donald Trump has pushed many presidential norms and boundaries since being re-elected, almost all to negative effect. His latest — a White House ban on certain news organizations he dislikes — may be among the most egregious,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Mosquito history is fascinating, but it doesn't make them any less annoying

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'I just walk outside in the morning to get my Los Angeles Times and get attacked. The itching is driving me crazy,' writes a reader.

Contributor: We need more of the hopeful sci-fi that 'Star Trek' gave us 60 years ago

Rod Roddenberry — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

Today's dystopic warnings have value, but we also need inspiration and a vision to work toward.

Contributor: The 'super' El Niño is here. Trump chose to be unprepared

Ivan Ehlers — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:01:00 GMT

The federal government should be doing a lot more to prepare for what's coming.

Contributor: A Paramount-Warner merger will hurt Hollywood and people of color

Juan Proaño — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:59:06 GMT

Latino and Black spending represents the profit margin for the industry, and yet those voices will be the first silenced.

Contributor: California leads the way in bringing menopause care to prisons

Alex Busansky and Aishatu Yusuf — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

Menopause isn't just the next frontier in women's health: It's our chance to finally build a healthcare movement that reaches everyone.

Letters to the Editor: As Altadena faces another potential disaster, taxpayers foot the bill

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'It's obscene that Big Oil soaks in multibillion-dollar profits and subsidies year after year as our community, still weary from the last disaster, bears the billion-dollar costs to buffer the next,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Abcarian: Mosquitoes are making Los Angeles summers a living hell

Robin Abcarian — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

The tiny tyrants have ravaged Southern California, leaving disease and death in their wake. But that's what they've done for millennia.

Letters to the Editor: How to make sure Americans remember what Trump's done to the Kennedy Center

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

The next president 'should have the center torn down [and] leave the debris ... Build a large structure over it that looks like a 19th century tombstone inscribed with the words, "Site of the former Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, courtesy of Donald J. Trump,"' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: Some of Bob Mackie's tiniest dresses, for 11.5-inch Barbie, made the biggest splash

Bill Greening — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:01:00 GMT

Mackie, the designer who died Monday at 87, said Barbie was his favorite client because she didn't complain if he accidentally stuck a pin in her.

Contributor: Sydney Sweeney isn't bringing back sexist advertising — women are

Andrea Javor — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Like it or not, Novig's campaign has been a runaway success.

Letters to the Editor: As we head into midterms, both primary parties are failing us

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT

'Every day there are more independent voters and we represent a class willing to compromise and move forward for the common good,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Changing a past climate report doesn't move us forward in any way

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'Changing a past report will do nothing to help us or our children and grandchildren. We should vote for representatives who will look forward and support science,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Women are crying out for more postpartum care. Listen to them

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'At the most vulnerable time in a woman's life — after she just gave birth to a new human being — society largely won't notice a problem, but these women still need help,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: LA28 can't let mountains of plastic waste be part of its legacy

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'LA28 organizers and major sponsors like Coca-Cola have an opportunity to showcase beverage systems built around reusable packaging rather than more single-use plastic,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: LAUSD needs to finally right-size to better serve the taxpayers

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'Currently, the operating deficit continues to grow, which is being covered by "reserves," whatever that means,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: L.A. needs to be more careful when working with homelessness charities

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'When it comes to dispersing funds to alleviate homelessness, why not choose organizations that have proven themselves to be honest and effective over many years?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Granderson: The cruel politics that pit struggling Americans against each other

LZ Granderson — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

Whether it's race, geography, neighborhood … it doesn't really matter what divides, so long as the poor lack compassion for one another.

Contributor: The Fed is doing its part to fight inflation. Now Congress needs to act

Veronique de Rugy — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:30:00 GMT

Nearly six years after our generation's "Great Inflation" began, prices still continue to rise much faster than they should.

Letters to the Editor: Don't just build new condos. Save the ones that we already have.

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'If we don't get this right, people will lose their homes and their investments, and we will collectively lose a significant share of this state's affordable housing,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: Trump's most enduring monument won't be an arch or a name on a building

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'What may ultimately define his place in history is something very different: being the first president to refuse to provide a peaceful transfer of power and a president who sought unprecedented federal influence over the administration of American elections,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: California already has proven that high taxes on the rich don't work

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'Note that the 1% pay approximately 40% of California income taxes and 12% of all California taxes of any type. And all that disparity has done is create a society of the rich and their professional advisers,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Letters to the Editor: In rolling back emissions limits, Trump endangers our planet even more

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'This administration has seriously endangered our precious "blue marble" of a planet. Does that not make them criminally responsible?' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Op-comic: When friendship is a long-distance affair

Joy Alicia Raines — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Romantic partners will give up everything to forge a life together. Why won't we do that for friends?

Contributor: David Ellison won Washington. He's losing Hollywood

Chris Yogerst — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

If the billionaire's son wants to carve out his own story, he should be courting Hollywood talent and not Washington bureaucrats.

Calmes: Trump loves to throw around taxpayers' money

Jackie Calmes — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Even without his reckless promise to buy off every American adult with $5,000, he was on track to break his first-term record for adding to the unsustainable U.S. debt.

Letters to the Editor: Without defense attorneys, the American legal system doesn't work

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'Our society needs to thank defense attorneys. The right to competent counsel is one of the greatest privileges afforded to our citizens,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: A bus lane through Eagle Rock 'will literally split our community in half'

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'The dedicated bus lane makes the project outrageously expensive, penalizes automobile drivers and provides a negligible speed increase for the bus,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: L.A. needs to make structural changes to have more effective officials

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'There are at least two ways to address this. One would be for the mayor to hold department heads accountable and institute a program to change the culture,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Trump's proposed census changes are another attempt to distort reality

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'Rejecting proposed changes to the census would help prevent further distortion of what most of us have learned about social facts and social reality,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Hydrogen is expensive and currently inefficient. The LADWP needs a backup plan

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'This is a very expensive solution, with just a single proposed hydrogen-ready power plant expected to cost close to $1 billion,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: AI models are the good, the bad and the ugly, all at once

Jim Weinstein — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:03:00 GMT

There's no clean cut where the Good outdraws the Bad and rides off; all three traits ship in the same system.

Contributor: Raise taxes on billionaires federally, not state by state

Enrico Moretti — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

Proposition 40, California's proposed wealth tax, takes aim at the ultra-rich, but critics warn it could erode the state's innovation edge and push entrepreneurs to lower-tax states.

Goldberg: The war in Ukraine is becoming very inconvenient for Trump

Jonah Goldberg — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT

It is utterly dishonorable to watch the president excoriate and victim-blame Ukrainians on a geopolitical scale.

Letters to the Editor: California's clean energy achievements prove the power of our vote

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT

'Californians elected forward-thinking politicians who set clean energy goals. ... California's clean energy achievements are the result of enlightened politics,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Smithsonian's Lonnie Bunch never wavered in portraying our history honestly

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'As secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, he has stood firm against the Trump administration's efforts to reshape American history to fit its political agenda,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: AI isn't the only danger to humanity that companies should rein in

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'I would hate to be saved from destruction by AI only to succumb to environmental collapse or nuclear war,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: California should think beyond letters and numbers for license plates

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'European car plates are somewhat wider than California plates. ... Switching to the European size with an extra symbol makes for more combinations,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Trump's $5,000 pledge flies in the face of all of our democracy's principles

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'Hopefully, the vast majority of Americans will remember it wasn't that long ago, in the self-proclaimed "greatest democracy in the world," that people actually voted for free, without any expectation of a $5,000 reward for doing so,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: Hispanic Heritage Month was a worthy but doomed idea

Raul A. Reyes — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:18:00 GMT

People rarely say, 'I'm Hispanic.' That's just a box we check on forms. Most of us identify by our family's country of origin.

Contributor: The one question to ask anyone running for office

Patti Davis — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

My father, Ronald Reagan, said he served because he earnestly felt that he could help make the world a more peaceful place, a more civil place.

Contributor: Los Angeles is a great literary city (no matter what New Yorkers say)

Kate Gale — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

The city's iconic bookstores remain essential third places for Angelenos — sanctuaries that pull us away from screen-surfing and back into our minds.

Letters to the Editor: Former mayor played a key role in El Segundo's economic turnaround

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:22:51 GMT

'The city of L.A. could learn important lessons from El Segundo in how maintaining and improving infrastructure and cutting red tape for businesses can improve the economic prospects of a city,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: Learning to coexist with Southern California's white sharks

David Wayne McGuire — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Although the number of juvenile white sharks has increased near shore, we're not experiencing a sudden invasion of man-eaters.

Letters to the Editor: Readers disagree over a major wildfire bill that's united Congress

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'The question isn't whether we manage our forests. It's how we manage them — and whether we do it responsibly,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: Why the U.S. should pay families of civilians killed by the military

Jerel Ezell — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

More people are more willing to acknowledge civilian death tolls. What moral obligations do we have to the grieving families left behind?

Abcarian: Shed no tears for Milo Yiannopoulos, the deported right-wing provocateur

Robin Abcarian — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

In an interview with Piers Morgan, the "flaming misogynist" was unrepentant about his hatred for women.

Letters to the Editor: Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, two pieces 'harmonized with one beautiful message'

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'These voices drive me to be a better person. More patient, thoughtful and accepting of others,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Trump's Obamacare rebate stunt is pure 'desperation' ahead of midterms

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'If the president has genuine interest in lowering costs for ACA enrollees and encouraging more to sign up for healthcare, he should convince the recalcitrant members of his party to constructively work with their colleagues across the aisle to renew the subsidies,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: The administration's growing arrogance is not patriotism

Anthony Lake and Steven Andreasen — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

The pursuit of power, untethered from our values, distorts the country's pride and fuels an un-American nationalism.

Letters to the Editor: With Venezuela oil deal, we could be repeating the mistakes we made in Iran

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'Keeping Venezuela off a similar path requires the U.S. to ensure legitimate elections are held there and to accept the results, even if President Delcy Rodriguez is ousted,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Should California recognize Jewish as an ethnicity? Readers debate the proposal

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'Sorting people into ever more distinct, separate groups is corrosive — it fuels polarization by encouraging individuals to see themselves first as members of a subgroup, not as Americans,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: It's been 20 years since 'Inconvenient Truth' and climate change is still questioned

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'I guess we all must wait for the remaining ostriches to pull their heads out of the sand and discover their personal inconveniences and hope that the destruction is manageable,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Programs that pair seniors with younger roommates can be a win-win

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

'The matches provide stable housing for the younger renter at a monthly rate well below unaffordable market rates, and the senior benefits financially and emotionally from the companionship,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: The state might have to overrule cities to protect our coast

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'City Council members who try to take a longer-term approach are forced from office, and "survive the next storm" becomes the mantra,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Granderson: A tough loss is when character shines through

LZ Granderson — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT

All of us are pressured, constantly, into revealing who we are. It's different in sports, though. There are spectators.

Letters to the Editor: It's absurd to think that Prop. 40 will drive out all of our billionaires

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:34:45 GMT

'Proposition 40 has a good chance of passing because people are fed up with the policies of the current administration,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: JD Vance's convoluted scheme to pay stay-at-home parents

Veronique de Rugy — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT

If the administration wants to help families, it should remove the barriers that make raising children so expensive.

Letters to the Editor: Iran 'disaster' should prompt a serious rethink on how we can wage a war

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:48:19 GMT

'What can Congress and the executive branch do better to assure that war serves the national interest in the first place and does not become a quagmire?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: AI models do reflect our values. They're just not the values we should want

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:24:51 GMT

'Despite all the moral protestations to the contrary, and even earnest efforts to implement moral values in the public sphere, the amoral pursuit of power and profit is the consensus value system that drives most business decisions, "no matter the consequences,"' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Sonny Angels and other dolls are turning some stores into casinos for kids

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

'At these stores, all the consumer gets is a cute piece of plastic (and usually not even the one they want!) that will eventually end up in a landfill because they will have no real value whatsoever,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: The plastics industry loves the status quo. Consumers are the ones who pay

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'SB 54 will encourage the substitution of plastic in favor of other more easily recycled materials such as paper, aluminum or glass. The law may not be perfect, but it is a start to address the problem,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Calmes: Instead of learning, Trump doubles down on Bush's post-9/11 mistakes

Jackie Calmes — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:09:00 GMT

Like President George W. Bush did, President Trump wages war ahead of midterm elections and makes false claims of success to win voters. The trouble is, Trump does so against Americans' memories of Bush's record.

Contributor: Legal legacy of 9/11 is a lack of accountability for the government

Ben Wizner — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:03:00 GMT

The litany of grave abuses committed under the banner of a "war on terrorism" is grim and familiar. It need not continue.

Contributor: What if we stopped trying to be right?

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Rosh Hashanah arrives each year with an unfashionable proposition, asking us not merely to examine those who have disappointed us, but to examine ourselves.

Letters to the Editor: I don't want utilities to go bankrupt, but we're the ones who need help

Wed, 9 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'Nobody wants a utility to go bankrupt. But when executives from Edison and PG&E complain that they are risking exactly that, it comes off as so many crocodile tears,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Jews and Muslims must work together to fight hateful rhetoric

Wed, 9 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'For Jews, this is a time of year, culminating in Yom Kippur, in which we are obligated to look inward, both as individuals and as a community. So many of the sins that we articulate and contemplate in our prayer service have to do with speech,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: A conflict in which children are killed can't be 'small potatoes'

Wed, 9 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

'Didn't Trump say early on that he was against getting involved in foreign wars? But he just couldn't resist trying to be a hero,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Goldberg: 'Trumpapalooza' is a sad, unnecessary spectacle that achieves nothing

Jonah Goldberg — Tue, 8 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT

Political conventions are one of the best examples — among way too many — of American institutional decay.

Contributor: America is at war in … Ecuador?

Jon Duffy — Tue, 8 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Trump has initiated and expanded another unconstitutional, open-ended combat campaign without congressional authorization.

Letters to the Editor: The U.S.'s 'persistent lack of fiscal discipline' has led to our current bond market

Mon, 7 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'Unless a major first step in deficit reduction ... is taken by our leaders, the U.S. will continue to see record borrowing and higher interest rates as far as the eye can see,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: Trump is waging an illegal, costly war in Iran and no one is stopping him

Erwin Chemerinsky — Mon, 7 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

How are we a nation under the rule of law if there is nothing to stop the president from violating the Constitution?

Letters to the Editor: From Dolly Parton to Gloria Steinem, we've lost some iconic women recently

Sun, 6 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'Gloria Steinem was ... a true feminist, whose visions, beliefs, boldness and endless energy to fight for equal justice opened doors for millions of women who benefitted from her relentless pursuit of justice,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Letters to the Editor: Good ideas are being ignored in Catalina Island's deer debacle

Sun, 6 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

'The deer need food. So, get them food — carrots and apples from corporate sources. Then they won't eat the precious chaparral,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Contributor: The Great Barrier Reef refuses to die on schedule

Bjorn Lomborg — Sun, 6 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

It takes nerve to spend decades forecasting an ecosystem's death and then claim credit for its historic resilience.

Editorial: Vote no on Prop. 40. It ignores education, housing and safety

Times Editorial — Sun, 6 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

The reality is that one-time taxes create a fiscal cliff, which leads to new and additional taxes when the money runs out.

Letters to the Editor: If we don't vote in climate-conscious candidates, we'll pay the price

Sat, 5 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

'Trapping more heat in Earth's atmosphere causes real heat waves, real flooding, real costs, real suffering,' writes an L.A. Times reader.