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The archdiocese's cover-up

The archdiocese's cover-up

The release of confidential files on 1980s clergy sex abuse in the Los Angeles Archdiocese is the beginning of the end of a long and sordid saga.

 

A park is not a gym

As exercise classes held in public parks proliferate, some regulation would be reasonable.

Fiscal fitness, Mr. President

It's time for Obama to publicly lead the charge on cutting costs while preserving government benefits where they're needed.

 
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Restricting Vicodin is the wrong Rx

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Healthcare reform's fail-safe

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Judges vs. juries, and the Supreme Court

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 Aaron Swartz and the law

Aaron Swartz and the law

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Lance Armstrong's legacy

Lance Armstrong's legacy

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Obama goes all in on guns

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Micromanaging the UCs

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Overkill in the war on pot

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 McManus: Obama's call to arms

McManus: Obama's call to arms

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Goldberg: Good sense and gun control

Goldberg: Good sense and gun control

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Newton: Dennis Zine talks back

Newton: Dennis Zine talks back

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 'Plug-in volunteering' doesn't cut it

'Plug-in volunteering' doesn't cut it

Monday, millions of Americans will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering for community service. They will collect cans of...

 Buried history in Hanoi

Buried history in Hanoi

Out beyond the swank poolside bar at Hanoi's Metropole hotel, which I visited last month, a gated entrance opens onto a dark set of stairs....

 China's me-first foreign policy

China's me-first foreign policy

China's more assertive foreign policy over the last two years has played a key role in getting two arch-conservatives — Japan's Shinzo...

 L.A. imagined: The city that isn't

L.A. imagined: The city that isn't

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