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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Republicans’ submission to Donald Trump’s narcissistic and often un-American whims is at odds with the party’s ostentatious displays of love of country.
Aug. 28, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s son had a touching and telling reaction to his Democratic convention speech. It made for a stark contrast with Donald Trump and JD Vance.
Aug. 23, 2024
Through half a century of death threats and derision, Warren Hern has never stopped providing women with critically needed healthcare.
Aug. 21, 2024
Vance is on a mission to alienate every bloc of female voters: ‘childless cat ladies’ and postmenopausal women especially.
Aug. 18, 2024
Bureaucracy strikes again, as LADWP decides Lori Powers’ lighthearted art is a Mar Vista nuisance.
Aug. 14, 2024
The deceitful tactics Republicans used against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 aren’t likely to work for Donald Trump in 2024.
Aug. 11, 2024
Expanding a menagerie of tales that out-weird even Donald Trump and JD Vance, the independent presidential candidate said he left a dead bear in Central Park.
Aug. 6, 2024
At the Knitting Tree in Inglewood, the mood is considerably lighter now that Kamala Harris is on a roll in the presidential race.
Aug. 4, 2024
A court reshaped by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell is imposing a radical right-wing vision on the country. President Biden’s proposed reforms make sense.
July 31, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned fellow partisans to avoid bigoted attacks on the vice president. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance aren’t listening.
July 28, 2024