Letters to the Editor (4/17/24)
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Letters to the Editor: There's a court reporter shortage. Switch to recordings, says a lawyer
To the editor: I worked in Los Angeles as an attorney for 30 years, mostly downtown in the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Sometime during that period, that court decided to use tape recorders instead of court reporters at hearings. ("No transcript, no appeal: California courts face 'crisis' over lack of records," April 12) Visualizing blank or garbled recordings being the only evidence of what transpired at a hearing, I was nervous. I forget for how long the hearings were taped, but it was soon...
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Letters to the Editor: Another gutless Republican refusal to honor the courageous Liz Cheney
To the editor: While reading the first paragraph of Mark Z. Barabak's column on the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's annual award for political courage, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) immediately sprang to mind. Is there anyone in America today who has more openly put her country before her party and shown more personal political courage than Cheney? No. In ignoring her nomination for the award, however, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's board proved it is just like every...
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Letters to the Editor: Canceled valedictorian speech is another self-inflicted black eye for USC
To the editor: The removal of Asna Tabassum as the valedictory speaker at USC's upcoming commencement reminds me of another sad chapter in USC's history — the school's lackluster response to the sexual abuse accusations made against Dr. George Tyndall. In both cases, I am struck by my alma mater's failure to protect its greatest asset: its students. I can appreciate USC's predicament in choosing to avoid taking a position on the war in the Gaza Strip. Allowing Tabassum to speak might enrage...