By Albert Boime Hel-lo! Does anyone recall the motto of our fair institution, fiat lux? Are we in the business of optimizing and sharing our metaphorical light of wisdom or do we prefer the business of the bottom line? Read more...

By Jack Weiss In November, Angelenos will cast a historic vote deciding whether to split Los Angeles along its seams by creating new cities out of the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood. Read more...

Politics should not influence UC portfolio Your July 8 editorial, “UC must respect human rights, divest,” was so childish I am surprised you published it. Maybe you were so desperate for something anti-Israel, you went with it. Read more...

Divestment supports terror Israel has asked one thing of its neighbors: to be left alone. To be accepted. That’s it. Instead, the Arab countries have tried to destroy it year after year. Read more...

By Noach Milgram You portray the three million Palestinians as underdogs being deprived of their legitimate right to statehood by five million Israelis. However, there are a few things you may not have entered into your equation. Read more...

Reform needed to end police brutality The ire raised by the beating of 16-year-old Donovan Jackson by officers from the Inglewood Police Department on July 6 is another turn in a cycle of intermittent awareness of police brutality. Read more...

An influx of responses to the July 8 editorial “UC must respect human rights, divest,” indicates a significant number of readers have confused the difference between news coverage and editorials. Read more...