Letters to the Editor

Low wages helped create a market for fast food (and all the health consequences). Maybe a higher minimum wage that causes problems for fast food is a good thing.

A Palm Desert City Council member and a military veteran implore the Biden administration to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument.

Disgusting. Barbaric. Un-American. These are the words that come to a reader’s mind when he thinks of the anti-trans bullying of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride.

If humanity is gone in 100 years, it’ll be because a few leaders have the power to kill billions of people with nuclear weapons. Let’s address that now.

A Trump transition spokesperson said the president-elect had a ‘resounding’ victory giving him a ‘mandate.’ A reader challenges that assertion.

A reader said she used to walk to a Metro bus stop on Sunset Boulevard. Now, after falling on poor sidewalks, she uses ride share or just stays home.

A reader predicts Phillips 66 executives will be just fine if their company is convicted, because ‘corporations are definitely not people.’

A transgender reader says she has been out for many years and hopes California stands up for her rights. Another cautions that Trump has seized on this issue.

Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick to replace Matt Gaetz, declined to pursue a fraud investigation of Trump University under questionable circumstances when she was Florida attorney general.

Some readers say some policies championed by California Democrats go too far; others say the problem isn’t Democrats, but an unthinking electorate.

A reader says voters want what Trump is offering — change — and ‘if the people aren’t happy, there will be another election in four years.’

The climate is in crisis, but there are plenty of reasons to hope even in the face of another Trump presidency.