Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris show how a peaceful transfer of power is done

President Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Nov. 13. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) To the editor: I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Losing to President-elect Donald Trump stings for both her and the president, but it did not cause … Read more

Letters to the Editor: Democrats have to be likable if they want to win

Former President Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris campaign in Georgia on Oct. 24. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Associated Press) To the editor: Robin Abcarian ends her Nov. 11 column with quotes from people who voted for both President-elect Donald Trump and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Those quotes — rife with words such as “like,” … Read more

Letters to the Editor: There’s no excuse for a teacher going on an anti-Trump tirade in class

Students rally for a teacher at Valley View High School in the Moreno Valley Unified School District who was suspended. (OnScene.TV) To the editor: I’ve taught high school English for more than three decades. Like the suspended Moreno Valley Unified School District teacher, I was in a dark emotional place the day after the election. … Read more

Letters to the Editor: Trump gamed the media since his ‘Apprentice’ days. How can the media atone?

Donald Trump, seeking contestants for “The Apprentice,” speaks at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2004. (Ric Francis / Associated Press) To the editor: It may not be fair to single out Fox News as a reason to distrust the media and journalism. (“Trump’s election says a lot about trust in journalism,” Opinion, Nov. 12) For too … Read more

Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Grammy history and a ‘Wicked’ mistake

Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Grammy history and a ‘Wicked’ mistake Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz, where this week’s 10 handcrafted, California-leaning, multiple choice questions mine my colleagues’ work (in print and online) from the last seven days. This time around, I’m quizzing you on a new Grammy Awards record, … Read more

Column: Suing to recover billions, FTX’s receiver discloses the stunning scale of its grift — and stupidity

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, was a star speaker at a cryptocurrency conference just weeks before FTX went bankrupt. (Bloomberg / Getty Images) Once the highest-flying of cryptocurrency highfliers, the FTX crypto exchange is now in bankruptcy. Its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, is in prison, along with a couple of his cronies. Its customers will receive … Read more

‘Trans Diaries’ actors counter election attacks with a powerful tool: their own stories

Performing “The Trans Diaries” in West Hollywood are, from left, Seth Gomez, Jen Winslow, B Alexander, Lee Faelnar Te and Josh Gershick. ( Joshua Barash / City of West Hollywood) The performers gathered in the West Hollywood City Council Chamber for two presentations of “The Trans Diaries” — monologues that serve as vehicles for trans … Read more

The history of old age in America is all about reinvention. Too bad our political culture can’t keep up

Author James Chappel (Gary Chappel) Book Review Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age By James ChappelBasic Books: 368 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. In his groundbreaking 1980 account of the baby boomers, “Great Expectations,” Landon … Read more

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