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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.

New research lays out exactly how California's water system is ill-suited to the climate realities ahead.

International conflicts may last decades, but collateral damage across the animal kingdom far outlasts the final shot.

The adulatory banners and ego-driven construction projects hardly send the message appropriate for a people who renounced a king.

'Everyone knows the value of parks, open space, recreational programs, etc. Can we please persuade our council and then our voters of this important matter?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.