President Biden pontificated to CNN recently that he inherited a 9% inflation rate. Actually, the rate was 1.4% when he assumed office.
Only in an upside-down world can Israel’s defensive response against homicidal zealots be seen as “genocide” (“Columbia graduate in zip-tie handcuffs rips up degree during commencement,” web, May 13).
To the editor: The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is that good people do nothing. Students peacefully protesting have been arrested by the busload and risk academic and professional consequences. ("To find masked mob members who attacked UCLA camp, police are using Jan. 6 tactics," May 7) Conversely, masked "agitators" were given a hall pass to violently attack people for hours with zero arrests. Students peacefully protesting are reacting to the heartbreaking images of this horrific...
In the New York court show starring former President Donald Trump and adult entertainer Stormy Daniels, Ms. Daniels claimed she was paid off prior to Mr. Trump’s running for president in 2016 due to his activity with her in 2006 (“Stormy Daniels’ steamy testimony isn’t expected to sway the presidential race,” web, May 8).
To the editor: Honoring Father Greg Boyle, who runs the L.A. gang intervention program Homeboy Industries, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom was long overdue. Boyle practices the tenets of his faith with humility, dedication and love. He is truly a living saint. I am neither Catholic nor religious, but heroes like Boyle give me some hope for the future. Ephraim Moxson, Los Angeles .. To the editor: Father Greg Boyle — hope for the broken, joy for the discarded, love for all. John Gallogly,...
To the editor: In May 1967 I was finishing my surgical internship in New York City when I was drafted into the military. I spent 10 days at Camp Pendleton and was then flown to Vietnam, where I became a Marine Corps battalion surgeon. ("Don't denigrate pro-Palestinian campus protests by claiming the Vietnam War protests backfired," Opinion, May 3) When I returned to California in 1968, the antiwar protests were all the rage. If I was seen on public streets in my uniform, I was pointed out and in...
To the editor: In a letter, a "proud Jewish academic" asks if acknowledging that nothing happening to Jews in this country equals or surpasses the devastation in Gaza makes him an antisemite. By that logic, can the legitimate concerns of Black, transgender or any other group of Americans be similarly dismissed since they are not currently living in a war zone? Or are Jewish Americans' concerns the only ones held to this dismissive standard, as though Jews are somehow "responsible" for the war...
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To the editor: The Times' editorial board is wrong about suspending U.S. weapons shipments to Israel. Israel doesn't need correcting. In fact, it would be nice if the media recognized Israel’s exemplary efforts in achieving possibly the lowest ratio of civilian deaths to combatant deaths (about 1.5 to 1) ever seen during fighting in a densely populated urban area, where the ratio is typically much higher. And Israel needs those 2,000-pound bombs to destroy the extensive network of tunnels that...
This time we came from a five week tour of the USA which was awesome and included New York, Vegas and LA so it was actually only the fact that we were returning straight to Derry Jazz Festival that kept us from feeling down. Although we arrived tired and jet lagged and the next morning we were performing at Rosemount school at 9.30am and then playing at St Patrick’s, after school dinner of course. It was diving in at the deep end with the playground packed full of jumping kids that welcomed us...
To the editor: Don't invoke, as Seth Greenland does, solemn Holocaust remembrance to tar the college protesters as antisemitic and privileged. Rather, acknowledge the difference between 1,200 Israeli victims of Hamas terror on Oct. 7 and the more than 34,000 dead Palestinians in Gaza since then. Remember the Israeli bombardment underway in Rafah, a final killing field in what had been the last refuge for Palestinians fleeing the destroyed north. Student protesters see war crimes happening in...
To the editor: In my long history with UCLA, first as a graduate (class of 1992) and now as an employee, I have never been more ashamed of our campus leaders than I am now. Their decisions have been both morally bankrupt and catastrophically foolish. ("UCLA's top cop, accused of security lapse, faces calls to step aside. He defends his actions," May 3) First, UCLA leadership and police failed to protect peaceful student protesters from a violent mob. Then, in the name of "safety," they targeted...