Eyeing Senate Seat : Economist Laffer: Life in Fast Lane

Arthur B. Laffer, professor, businessman and possible candidate for next year’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate from California, speeds down the freeway in his telephone-equipped BMW 733i, sipping a can of Diet Pepsi and reflecting on his life in the fast lane. The impatient energizer of the nationwide tax-cut movement–a tenured professor at age … Read more

Opinion: Evangelical Christians once agitated for women, prisoners, the poor and ending slavery. What happened?

Two different interpretations of the Book of Revelation help explain the political trajectory of evangelical Christians. (dtimiraos / Getty Images) The death of Hal Lindsey on Nov. 25 symbolically brings to a close a chapter of evangelical theology that was popular for more than a century and has had an outsize effect on American politics. … Read more

Obama’s tax-cut deal upsets many major donors

President Obama’s advisors are confident that liberals dismayed by his agreement to extend tax breaks for the wealthy will forgive him by the time the 2012 election kicks into gear. But the current backlash on the left may intensify the immediate challenge Democrats face in building a new campaign finance apparatus to challenge Republican-allied outside … Read more

Opinion: Conservatives targeted LAUSD’s Black student achievement program. The district shouldn’t give in

Dorsey High School students and faculty who are a part of the Black Student Achievement Plan program in Los Angeles. Back row, from left, student Braxton Jordan, student Maki Draper, teacher Ebony Batiste, student Caleel Smith; front row, from left, Georgia Flowers Lee, co-chair of the BSAP Steering Committee, student Kei’Shawn Henderson and teacher Bryant … Read more

Opinion: South Korea needs a stronger response from the U.S. to help save its democracy

Protesters in front of the People Power Party’s headquarters in Seoul demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press) The Republic of Korea’s ascent as a global beacon of liberal democracy and capitalism has been built on its robust alliance with the United States. Now this exemplary democracy faces its … Read more

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