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'If the city wants someone to suitably represent the DWP, it should look inward to its high-level employees. For many of them, the DWP is their home, where they plan on staying until they retire rather than seeking out greener pastures,' writes an L ...

'Providers are required by law to treat patients, and sick or injured people are hardly in a position to walk away if the treatment is a little more costly than they would like,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

These two oil-rich nations have not forgotten the lessons from decades of unfair extraction. Did the U.S. learn from decades of subsequent conflict?

'Surely Orange County Public Works officials could use what officials in San Diego County are using: human beings with equipment to manually manage plant growth and removal,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Too often, we read of a species only after it is lost. Yet here, there was a chance to save the bird, which was a success,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'In a flash, James Talarico had national name recognition and his campaign caught fire,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'[Columnist Jonah] Goldberg may talk of domestic political blowback, but by blatantly ignoring international law, this administration puts the security of the whole world at risk,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'Although [a recent article] gives voices to parents on this topic, educators, transgender students and mental health professionals are left unheard," writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Presenting the situation as a simple choice about speed risks downplaying the serious and long-term consequences involved,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Her replacement may represent jumping from the frying pan into another frying pan. The nominee is Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a President Trump sycophant (of course), a bully in the mold of his master,' writes an L.A. Times reader.