Syndicated Columnists
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The latest from LAAug 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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Redistricting in historic perspectiveAug 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The principle of equal representation by population is established in US history. However, partisan gerrymandering has long existed and continues today despite reforms. Enforcing equal population limits but doesn't eliminate effects.
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Newsom’s ambition and gerrymanderingAug 19, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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For America, it’s time to count what really countsAug 19, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: There's more to making the United States the kind of country we want to live in than can be found in economic indicators alone. But there are other vitally important numbers that should also affect our national policies.
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The silence of the whalesAug 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Normally, whale life is a kind of homelessness. They drift around, not caring where they'll be tomorrow, and they eat whatever they can find. There used to be three or four people in the brush at the end of my street who lived pretty much the same way.
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Summit will be a telling show, but full of uncertaintiesAug 15, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Trump and Putin meet today in Alaska amid speculation and some knowns, including that Putin's demands are non-starters and Trump's leverage is uncertain.
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Trump sees himself as D.C.’s top lawmanAug 15, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: It's refreshing that Trump sees high crime in the nation's capital as an emergency, but we’ll see if his approach can work.
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Learning from America's immigrant pastAug 14, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: When debating current issues, it's helpful to avoid inaccurate depictions of past policy, especially on immigration, in which both opponents and advocates of President Donald Trump's policies have views based on not altogether accurate renditions of the past.
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More things that don’t compute amid Gaza’s miseryAug 14, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: Common criticisms of Israel's actions in Gaza fail to provide coherent alternatives or account for Hamas' role, and the narrative absolving Hamas while indicting Israel does not hold up to scrutiny.
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The 'roving patrols'Aug 13, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: On Aug. 1, a three-judge appellate court upheld a court order limiting the authority of ICE ‘roving patrols.’ That didn't stop the Trump administration from blatantly violating it last week,