Quayle Urges Churchgoers to ‘Come Out of the Closet’ : Politics: The former vice president defends conservative Christians and reflects on his spat with Murphy Brown during 2 appearances in Lancaster.

Former Vice President Dan Quayle told more than 2,000 churchgoers Sunday that they must “come out of the closet” to publicly proclaim the importance of religion and family values despite what he termed widespread “bigotry” against conservative Christians. Speaking at a $100-a-person breakfast and later at a church dedication ceremony, Quayle also thanked President Clinton … Read more

Conductor Kent Nagano and singer Daniel Lavoie awarded the Order of Canada

Quebec singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie is described by the governor general’s office as “a leading ambassador” for Franco-Canadian culture. Singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie and former OSM conductor Kent Nagano have been awarded the Order of Canada.Photo by The Canadian Press, Simon Paradis files OTTAWA — Singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie and conductor Kent Nagano are among 83 appointments or … Read more

Boiling Point: Sitting in traffic sucks. Climate change is worse

Freeway traffic passes construction equipment on Interstate 80 in West Sacramento. (Paul Kuroda / For The Times) The more time I spend writing about climate change — and air pollution, and freeways, and heat, and nuclear power, and lithium-ion batteries — the more I think human beings, myself included, can be pretty terrible at evaluating … Read more

‘The Sopranos’ star Drea de Matteo says Hollywood will ‘shoot me for not endorsing Biden’

‘There are a lot of Trump supporters, there are a lot of (Robert F.) Kennedy supporters’ Drea de Matteo attends the The Sopranos 25th Anniversary Reunion on June 13, 2024 in New York City.Photo by Mike Coppola /Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Sopranos star Drea De Matteo says there are many “quiet” Donald Trump supporters … Read more

Editorial: Banning masks at protests is a bad idea

A pro-Palestinian protester gets into a car swarmed by pro-Israel protesters near Adas Torah on the 9040 block of West Pico Boulevard on Sunday. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) One of the ideas that Mayor Karen Bass listed that the city could consider in response to violence Sunday outside Adas Torah synagogue in the … Read more

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