Robin Abcarian is an opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She writes about news, politics and culture. Her columns appear on Wednesday and Sunday. Twitter: @AbcarianLAT
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s courageous call for the ouster of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu stands in contrast to Trump’s malevolent inanities.
March 24, 2024
I’ll take all the help I can get prying the smartphone out of my 13-year-old niece’s messy orange hands.
March 17, 2024
Hypocrisy alone explains South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s disingenuous performance in support of the former president.
March 13, 2024
The after-speech Thursday only sealed the deal for President Biden — he’s not an ‘elderly man with a poor memory’ after all.
March 8, 2024
Fearing that a future government could do what the U.S. Supreme Court did — reverse the right to abortion — France champions women’s rights.
March 4, 2024
Fetal personhood laws and IVF don’t mix. Advanced fertility treatments can’t be squared with the notion that embryos are people.
March 3, 2024
Gillis, hired and fired by ‘SNL’ in 2019 for racist, sexist and homophobic remarks, excels at demonstrating how unfunny a slur can be.
Feb. 27, 2024
The House GOP wants to make you think Biden is as corrupt as Trump, and it is undaunted by the fact that its star witness has been charged with lying.
Feb. 25, 2024
In a Bible-infused ruling, Alabama’s Supreme Court has held — dangerously and preposterously — that frozen embryos are ‘children.’
Feb. 21, 2024
A romantic relationship between the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney and a fellow prosecutor could change the course of American history.
Feb. 18, 2024