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Letters to the editor: Risk of socialist rule greatly overstated

January 28, 2013

Kenneth Poirier (“Letters to the editor: Government trying to ease Americans into socialism,” Jan. 17) expresses fear that President Obama is on a mission to transform our country into a socialist dictatorship. Another letter on the same page, by Richard Campbell, warns that “small dosages of socialism” over time will deliver us to communism. The […]

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: Obama should lead fight to pass a budget that meets needs

by Los Angeles Times January 28, 2013

The president will not be able to work on his agenda until the fiscal issues are addressed.

Opinion

Off Campus: Newtown draws attention to woes of mentally ill young men

by CAROLYN BALL January 28, 2013

It’s obvious that many are reluctant to seek care and that privacy laws can keep families out of the loop.

Opinion

George Will: Items on Obama’s to-do list bound to spark conservative revival

January 28, 2013

By making it easy not to work and battling the warming ‘threat,’ he’ll become even less popular.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Arming teachers wrong response to gun violence

January 28, 2013

Putting guns in schools, possibly in untrained hands, would expose students to danger.

Life & Culture

Complete list of Screen Actors Guild Award winners

January 27, 2013

LOS ANGELES — Winners at Sunday’s 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards include: • Life Achievement: Dick Van Dyke MOVIES: • Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln” • Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook” • Supporting actor: Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln” • Supporting actress: Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables” • Cast: “Argo” • Stunt ensemble: “Skyfall” TELEVISION: • […]