A call to split the U.S. into separate republics based on our deep political divisions draws support from readers.
A 2006 law requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund future retirees' health benefits has accelerated the agency's financial decline.
State preemption has been used against local governments on a number of issues; it would be a mistake for that to happen now amid coronavirus fears.
The study authors are reckless to say we need to "recalibrate" public health approaches because the actual COVID-19 mortality rate might be lower.
The state isn't doing right by undocumented immigrants with a financial relief program that does nothing to address abusive labor practices.
Cloth masks are not nearly as effective as N95 respirators and they give wearers a false sense of security against the coronavirus.
Even when he was being impeached, Trump still had a job to do. Nothing justifies his failure to take early action against the coronavirus.
We need local reporting now more than ever, but things don't look good after the folding of three community newspapers in Southern California.
Governments across the U.S. have simply not saved enough to deal with coronavirus-induced budget shortfalls. They need to start taxing the rich more.
No Democratic candidates called for social distancing before Super Tuesday, and now the left is Monday-morning quarterbacking the president.
We're still divided into red state and blue states. Of course we aren't coming together with a disaster like the COVID-19 pandemic raging on.
Calls to close streets to automobiles show the demand for exercise. Too bad all local trails have been closed to hikers.
Participants in the Stanford study self-selected, among other flaws. Its results do not reveal anything meaningful about the coronavirus.
When doctors are given N95 masks but the nurses who frequently come into contact with sick patients do not, you know something's wrong.
Protesters violating every rule on fighting COVID-19, with the support of the president, show how badly we need competent leadership.
The Postal Service is as important to the United States as its language and its highways. Losing it would forever change the country for the worse.
The president might not like to work, but the people who think and act for him are very effective at their jobs.
A reader says it's nice to know she wasn't the only one who was apparently duped after she bought packages of toilet paper on the Amazon Marketplace.
A program for one-time assistance to undocumented workers affected by the pandemic is a start, but California must do much more.
Bears, deer and other animals are roaming freely in areas once packed by Yosemite tourists. It appears the coronavirus is teaching us something about humans.
People who blame the president for failing to prepare the country ignore an important fact: We didn't want to believe America was vulnerable to COVID-19.
Some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks have been linked to religious services, and the public's health trumps every other right.
A writer criticized atheist activist Ron Reagan. In a sign of the times, that letter drew howls of protest from readers.
It's insane to think life can return to normal soon when we haven't even figured out how to get enough milk and toilet paper into stores.
Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired.
Clean energy wants a level playing field with fossil fuels and nuclear power. It needs government funding for that to happen.
Free college was common in the U.S. until the 1960s and produced alumni that included Nobel Prize winners and accomplished statesmen.
Ron Reagan, son of the late president, was in an ad for an atheist interest group. He should have just kept his nonbelief to himself.
An LAUSD teacher who once campaigned against Austin Beutner gives the superintendent credit for his leadership during the pandemic.
A tent city for homeless veterans? It should not have taken a deadly pandemic for local leaders to come up with that solution.
Halting funding of the WHO is another in a long line of decisions made by the Trump administration abdicating U.S. leadership on science.
Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business.
Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak.
These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet.
This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president.
Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act?
The Supreme Court is allowing the Republican Party to suppress the vote. This bodes very poorly for democracy in America.
Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians.
Easing sanctions on Iran, hard hit by the coronavirus, would be a humanitarian act that reminds the world of what America truly is.
America's optimism may have blinded it to the coronavirus. Now, with suffering a part of our daily life, we have a chance to become a mature nation.
Screening a sample of the population to see who has been infected with COVID-19 and who hasn't is a huge step forward in returning to normal life.
Local hotels have repurposed thousands of rooms for use by medical professionals and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic.
With social distancing a must, this year's virtual celebration will be long remembered.
Laguna Woods residents express dismay at their neighbors' opposition to using a nearby hotel as housing for homeless coronavirus patients.
Gov. Newsom has taken to calling California a "nation-state" when discussing its efforts to fight the coronavirus. Constitutionally, that's not true.
People are making valid points about Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, but the president's supporters aren't listening.
Jordan could win the adoration of white America, but only as long as he didn't talk about what it meant to be black in America.
In a rare bit of reasonable regulatory activity by the Trump administration, new rules governing sexual assault accusations at colleges strike the right balance -- for the most part.
The history of the Trump Justice Department doesn't inspire confidence.
Of all the unseemly and scandalous actions by the Department of Justice in the Trump era, the dismissal of charges against Michael Flynn is the worst.