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Doyle McManus: Obama appointment signals activist foreign policy
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Tehran (Iran)
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Families on food stamps would suffer while farms get fat
As a member of Congress, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) is proud to stand up for the principles of limited government and individual responsibility. The first-term congressman expresses skepticism about such safety-net programs as food stamps, regarding...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Personal Income, Poverty, Doug LaMalfa, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Stop the deficit extremists
The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is still a matter of paramount urgency. That's what's prevented lawmakers from dealing with their real task, which is...
Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Budget Control Act of 2011, Parties and Movements, Government Debt, Public Finance
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White House trying to clear the forest of 'patent trolls'
It's news when government identifies a genuine problem and takes reasoned steps to solve it. So here's news: The Obama administration has a plan to fix the broken U.S. patent system. The White House outlined the plan last week in a presentation...
Tags: Justice System, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Trials, Invention and Innovation, Litigation
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Old-timers to play in Dodgers-Yankees 1963 World Series celebration
Tommy Davis, whose name oozes excellence and tradition among Dodgers fans, doesn't go to Dodger Stadium much these days. "I like my refrigerator too much," he says. But the 74-year-old Davis, once the gold standard of left fielders, will be on the...
Tags: New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, Arthritis, Sports
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Who should pay for San Onofre fiasco? The answer is obvious
There may be lots of questions yet to be answered about Southern California Edison's permanent shutdown of its San Onofre nuclear plant, but here are a couple about which there's no doubt. Who's responsible? Edison, 100%. Accept no argument that it...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Shareholders, Edison International, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Southern California Edison Company
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Stakes are highest for Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE — Horse racing's Preakness is a place of history and a bubble of hope. If you come here with a Kentucky Derby victory under your belt, as trainer Shug McGaughey and Orb have, you have little time to appreciate that history. You are...
Tags: The New York Times, Horse and Harness Racing, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Rosie Napravnik
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Arte Moreno and his Angels can't take the heat
CHICAGO — When the Angels got Josh Hamilton following the Dodgers' signing of Zack Greinke, owner Arte Moreno emerged from hiding, took a bow and told everyone: "Think about how much fun it's going to be. Dodger fans and Angels fans get to argue...
Tags: Don Mattingly, Mark Trumbo, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Teixeira, Sports
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Greuel's campaign of 'gotchas' conveys desperation
It's beginning to look like there's nothing Wendy Greuel wouldn't do to become the next mayor of Los Angeles. Her boatload of big-money backers seems fond of trash-talking gibes so slimy, they're apt to backfire and turn voters off. -------------------...
Tags: Media Industry, Local Elections, Jan Perry, Wendy Greuel, Barack Obama
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Newton: What about the Port of Los Angeles?
It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Environmental Issues, Panama, Shipping Service, Suez Canal
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Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California
The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...
Tags: Government, Curren D. Price, Jr., Unemployment, Hospitals and Clinics, Executive Branch
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Clippers sixth man Jamal Crawford should be first option in clutch
RATHOLE, Tenn. — Made it. Got a ride back to the hotel Thursday night after the Clippers' collapse, the final 10 yards covered on foot in a dash to the door. It was touch and go, but bravery won out. On Friday, there was daylight here. So I took...Tags: Vinny Del Negro, Tony Allen, Chris Paul, Memphis Grizzlies, Jamal Crawford
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