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In today's pages: The value of Measures A and B, voting in general, and Metrolink in particular

23 hours ago

Drop that pencil! Before you fill out your absentee ballot, you should know about what's in Saturday's pages--a handy election recap that provides you with a quick, user-friendly guide to the major issues, state and in …

Tagged: business, animals, drugs, energy, global warming, john mccain, barack obama, religion, real estate, crime, science, environment, los angeles, sex, kids, editorials, college, traffic, law enforcement, california, labor, gay marriage, oil, city hall, health care, lawyers, sarah palin, our columnists, constitution, sacramento, gay rights, opeds, arnold, academia, schools, endorsements, campaign 2008, l a county, metrolink

McCain's Inquiring Mind Wants to Know

Oct 10, 2008

It turns out that when John McCain asked, "Who is Barack Obama?" maybe he wasn't being rhetorical. Maybe he really wants to know. And who can blame him, when his own campaign can't get its attack stories straight? For …

Tagged: john mccain, barack obama, campaign 2008, patt morrison

All Roads Lead to California, Even From Florida

Oct 10, 2008

So the sheriff of Lee County, Florida, was warming up a Sarah Palin rally in the town of Estero the other day. Mike Scott told the roaring multitude, "On November 4, let’s leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what …

Tagged: barack obama, sarah palin, campaign 2008, patt morrison

I accept my apologies

Oct 9, 2008

Pull out his eyes, Apologize. Apologize, Pull out his eyes. Apologize, Pull out his eyes. Pull out his eyes, Apologize. Fans of James Joyce will remember this quotation from "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." …

Tagged: john mccain, barack obama, crime, free speech, politicians, abortion, sarah palin, bizarre theories, campaign 2008, public shaming

In Today's pages: the culture war, Nobel Prize and the Jellyfish, Oliver Stone's "W" Movie

Oct 9, 2008

Columnists tilt Obama-ward on today's Op-Ed page. Timothy Garton Ash suggests a Barack Obama victory next month could tone down the corrosive culture wars, and in her column Rosa Brooks counts John McCain out of the …

Tagged: john mccain, barack obama, editorials, economy, sarah palin, our columnists, opeds, endorsements, campaign 2008, from the opinion staff, opinion daily, patt morrison