How can you “opt out” of your mother? I recently received a kindly worded email from Ancestry.com.

“We realize that for some, Mother’s Day may be a tough time, if you prefer not to receive emails about our Mother’s Day sale you can opt out below, but don’t worry even if you choose to opt out, you’ll still continue to get other ...Read more

In June 2017, with President Donald Trump newly installed in office for the first time, one of the biggest battles with the administration was about oil. He’d just named the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, as his secretary of state, even though great reporting — in the Los Angeles Times among others — had recently shown that...Read more

How can you “opt out” of your mother? I recently received a kindly worded email from Ancestry.com.

“We realize that for some, Mother’s Day may be a tough time, if you prefer not to receive emails about our Mother’s Day sale you can opt out below, but don’t worry even if you choose to opt out, you’ll still continue to get other ...Read more

President Donald Trump charged into this destructive crusade without a word to Congress, without a clear rationale for why he was doing it and, now, with a spiraling price tag for the American taxpayers.

No, we’re not referring to Trump’s ill-conceived war in Iran — though the description works pretty well there, too. We’re referring to...Read more

¿Qué en la fregada?

What the hell?

That's what I muttered after learning that Los Angeles Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez wants to allow noncitizens to vote in city and school board elections.

Talk about a solution in search of a problem, considering everything Angelenos are facing right now.

While the specter of la migra continues to ...Read more

Gerald Kowalczyk tried to buy a hamburger with credit cards he found on the floor. Then, while presumed innocent, he spent months in a California jail — not because a judge determined he was dangerous, not because he threatened anyone, but because the court set bail at $75,000 for a man who couldn’t afford it, then simply denied bail ...Read more

The Department of Energy (DOE) has increasingly become a vehicle for federal spending to shape energy markets and subsidize favored technologies. The result has been higher energy costs, growing deficits, and a sprawling bureaucracy that often fails to deliver useful services.

That is why last year’s effort to rein in DOE spending was ...Read more

Late last year, Target Corp. started giving detailed guidance to store employees about how to act. The 10-4 rule, as the company calls it, directs them to smile, make eye contact and wave when a shopper comes within 10 feet. If they come within four, they should engage verbally by asking whether they need help or how their day is going.

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Intelligence agencies often complain that they are judged unfairly because you hear about their failures, not their successes. It’s hard to evaluate anything based on what didn’t happen — even when that’s really the important thing. The problem is just as salient for those trying to create a better future as trying to avert a worse one. ...Read more

Spring never asks. It shows up pushing green through dirt that barely gives, cracking open what winter froze, murmuring to everything stalled: try again. This is the season of robes and tassels, names called out, and the myth of completion. But commencement is never about being finished. It’s about giving yourself the nod to start over.

This ...Read more

Lawns are everywhere. In the U.S., they cover tens of millions of acres, more land than we devote to many crops grown for food. But unlike those crops, most lawns don’t feed anyone. They demand time, water, fertilizer and fuel—about 9 billion gallons of water every day—and in return, they offer little to wildlife.

For pollinators, a ...Read more

For years, critics of the Jones Act have made the same promises: Repeal the law, allow foreign vessels into domestic trade, and American consumers will see lower prices and stronger supply chains. Now the real-world test case is underway, and it is failing to make a difference.

Even as policymakers of both parties agree on the need for robust ...Read more

The Trump administration’s recent decision to issue a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act — extended just last week by an additional 90 days — amid the continuing conflict in the Middle East was a recognition of a simple reality: When it matters most, the law restricts the efficient movement of critical resources.

That reality extends ...Read more

An indelible image from the Minnesota Star Tribune’s coverage of last August’s Annunciation Catholic School shooting — which on Monday, May 4, was deservedly awarded a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news — is of a mother running barefoot toward the Minneapolis church, clutching her shoes so she can get there faster.

The picture, taken by ...Read more

Need some new wheels? You can buy a new 2026 Jaecoo J5 compact SUV for the equivalent of just $18,400, out the door, all fees and taxes included and with a list of features that includes keyless entry, LED lighting, six-speaker audio, adaptive cruise control and an 8-year warranty.

If you are lucky enough to live in Australia.

Here in America,...Read more

I don't really understand why tax avoidance is the holy grail of the richest American families.

When you've got more than enough money to fund your lavish lifestyle, your family foundation or, say, send your wife on a girls' trip to outer space, why not just happily pay your taxes?

But that's me being naive.

In this country, I guess, the ...Read more

Aaron Ford wants to be Nevada’s next governor. He also wants to make state workers indentured servants by forcing them to join labor unions. This is a particularly pernicious and self-defeating proposal gussied up as a means of empowering employees. It is anything but.

For 75 years, Nevada has been a right-to-work state, meaning employees can...Read more

We don’t need a study to know that the internet is awash in propaganda, AI slop and outright lies.

But, we are far more susceptible to falling for this kind of information fraud than we may realize. A 2024 study by professor Andrea Prat at Columbia Business School, found that roughly half the population is uncertain about what information is ...Read more

As all eyes remain on the U.S. war in Iran, another international development may throw a wrench into one of America’s most valuable foreign relationships.

On April 29, the U.S. Justice Department unsealed indictments against 10 current and former Mexican politicians and officials charging them with colluding with the very drug cartels they�...Read more

A recent “One Chicago” crossover event on NBC aired three hours of doctors, firefighters and detectives racing to stop a chemical attack. The villain across the episodes was a man named Thomas Marr, a burn survivor identified by facial scars and motivated by revenge for a childhood fire that killed his family.

For millions of NBC viewers ...Read more