State Can Take Action on Health

Most Americans with health insurance get it through their employers, so it stands to reason that our now-prosperous economy would result in more people having decent health insurance. But the opposite appears to be happening. A Census Bureau survey finds that the percentage of uninsured Americans has jumped to 16.4%, the highest rate in a … Read more

Column: Trump asks why Harris hasn’t done all she’s promised. The answer: Because she’s VICE president

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times; Julia Nikhinson / Associated Press) He’s called her Laffin’ Kamala and Lyin’ Kamala. Crazy Kamala and Comrade Kamala. He’s described the vice president as lazy, dumb and antisemitic. (Even though her husband is Jewish, so maybe Donald Trump should throw in … Read more

First Brother Roger Is Married in Texas : Nuptials: The President is best man and reassures the nervous bridegroom at Dallas ceremony. Child is due in about a month.

President Clinton’s free-spirited brother Roger turned into the traditional stammering groom for a few minutes Saturday as he wed Molly Martin, with the President looking on approvingly. In a 20-minute ceremony at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Roger Clinton struggled for words, and at one point grabbed his brother’s hand for reassurance. He danced … Read more

Let’s Not Repeat the Fiscal Policy Mistakes of the Early 1930s

Passage of the President’s five-year deficit-reduction legislation raises the possibility that we will do what we last did in the early 1930s. We will enact policies that will depress an economy that if anything could use a boost. Fiscal policy is about to tighten significantly in the name of deficit reduction, while monetary policy may … Read more

Column: The weird saga of Peter Navarro, from California environmentalist to Trump henchman

In a failed political career, Peter Navarro went through many incarnations before ending up a lackey for President Trump. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times) Peter Navarro wasn’t always a sad, whiny insurrectionist. There was a time the former White House trade advisor and Trump henchman was all bright, shiny promise. In the early 1990s, running as … Read more

Couple die in crash on 405

The daughter and son-in-law of Assemblywoman Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) were killed over the weekend in a car crash near Los Angeles International Airport, officials said Monday. Emilia and Michael Wright, both 23, were married this year. They met while students at Loyola Marymount University, where Emilia was due to graduate in December. According to … Read more

Uncivil War : Some Say Combative Assemblywoman Diane Martinez Faces Tough Challenge From Ex-Supporter Turned Opponent

More than a few people in Sacramento call Assemblywoman Diane Martinez (D-Monterey Park) “Miss Congeniality”–a joke about her combative approach, her feuds with legislators of both parties and her take-no-prisoners approach to her job. And, in spite of her incumbency and support of the Democratic leadership, some are predicting that she is going to need … Read more

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