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'I feel sorry for the postman trying to stuff them into thousands of mailboxes. One learns to simply tune out the TV ads,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

On Sept. 30, 2024, prominent progressive thinker and author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on "CBS Mornings" to promote his new book focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "The Message."

For today's rising stars in politics like Spencer Pratt, the currency is not institutional support but the attention economy.

The Proverb about "pride before a fall" is a warning to egotistical rulers.

The former FBI director is likely to argue that his Instagram post relating to Trump is protected by the 1st Amendment. It's not a slam dunk.

'Now, the question is whether the judges will obey the law, respect our rights and uphold a free society,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Legislators have made many changes that are both pro- and anti-business, which essentially cancel each other out,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Enough is enough. Republican congressional leadership needs to do its job and put an end to this madness,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'I'm reminded of Garrison Keillor in his weekly introduction to "The Prairie Home Companion" including the "statistic" that "all the children [in his fictional Lake Wobegone] are above average." That is, of course, a mathematical impossibility,' ...

'The facile response that we must simply do a better job of picking presidents has been proved by Trump to be insufficient. We must, but the stakes are too high to rely on that alone,' writes an L.A. Times reader.