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The Scopes "Monkey trial" in 1925 in Tennessee wasn't supposed to be about Genesis versus Darwin, but that's the way it evolved.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 'blame' is a loser's word, but Americans deserve to know if government failed when the Guadalupe River flooded.

Although the Senate killed some of the House's ideas to improve health savings accounts, the final legislation does expand access. That's a win-win.

'I disagree with Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney on a number of issues, but I admire their courage in facing down Trump,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

To the editor: I am glad Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is investigating State Farm ("Angry homeowners and a state probe.

'We are starting to see the positive impacts of bringing green spaces to our campuses, but so many of our schools are still intensely hot,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

To the editor: The show of force by immigration agents in MacArthur Park was such a waste of taxpayer money ("Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.'s MacArthur Park," July 7).

'Sadly today, there is no trace that those versions of the pier ever existed,' writes an L.A. Times reader. 'Somebody should build a memorial there -- not to war, but to a place where people once had a good time.'

A design competition shows the way to add density to L.A.'s single-family neighborhoods without Manhattanizing the city.

Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.