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Letters to the Editor: AI isn't the only danger to humanity that companies should rein in
'I would hate to be saved from destruction by AI only to succumb to environmental collapse or nuclear war,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Letters to the Editor: Don't just build new condos. Save the ones that we already have.
'If we don't get this right, people will lose their homes and their investments, and we will collectively lose a significant share of this state's affordable housing,' an L.A. Times reader writes.
Letters to the Editor: Readers disagree over a major wildfire bill that's united Congress
'The question isn't whether we manage our forests. It's how we manage them — and whether we do it responsibly,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Goldberg: The war in Ukraine is becoming very inconvenient for Trump
It is utterly dishonorable to watch the president excoriate and victim-blame Ukrainians on a geopolitical scale.
Letters to the Editor: Iran 'disaster' should prompt a serious rethink on how we can wage a war
'What can Congress and the executive branch do better to assure that war serves the national interest in the first place and does not become a quagmire?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Contributor: Hispanic Heritage Month was a worthy but doomed idea
People rarely say, 'I'm Hispanic.' That's just a box we check on forms. Most of us identify by our family's country of origin.
Letters to the Editor: Changing a past climate report doesn't move us forward in any way
'Changing a past report will do nothing to help us or our children and grandchildren. We should vote for representatives who will look forward and support science,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Letters to the Editor: Women are crying out for more postpartum care. Listen to them
'At the most vulnerable time in a woman's life — after she just gave birth to a new human being — society largely won't notice a problem, but these women still need help,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Contributor: Los Angeles is a great literary city (no matter what New Yorkers say)
The city's iconic bookstores remain essential third places for Angelenos — sanctuaries that pull us away from screen-surfing and back into our minds.
Contributor: AI models are the good, the bad and the ugly, all at once
There's no clean cut where the Good outdraws the Bad and rides off; all three traits ship in the same system.
Contributor: The one question to ask anyone running for office
My father, Ronald Reagan, said he served because he earnestly felt that he could help make the world a more peaceful place, a more civil place.
Letters to the Editor: Trump's $5,000 pledge flies in the face of all of our democracy's principles
'Hopefully, the vast majority of Americans will remember it wasn't that long ago, in the self-proclaimed "greatest democracy in the world," that people actually voted for free, without any expectation
Letters to the Editor: As we head into midterms, both primary parties are failing us
'Every day there are more independent voters and we represent a class willing to compromise and move forward for the common good,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Letters to the Editor: California's clean energy achievements prove the power of our vote
'Californians elected forward-thinking politicians who set clean energy goals. ... California's clean energy achievements are the result of enlightened politics,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Letters to the Editor: It's been 20 years since 'Inconvenient Truth' and climate change is still questioned
'I guess we all must wait for the remaining ostriches to pull their heads out of the sand and discover their personal inconveniences and hope that the destruction is manageable,' writes an L.A. Times