Opinion: Thursday: LAUSD, Klimt, Barbie and More

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Thursday’s opinion drama:

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa:‘It’s a Great Deal For Our Kids’
The mayor explains his compromise plan to reform L.A.’ s public schools.

Jonah Goldberg: The Web’s Yellow DNA
Online punditry harkens back to Old Media’s populist roots.

Edward Serotta: A Painting With a Rich History
Just The 92-year-old Klimt portrait is the story of empires, wars -- and victims.

Patt Morrison: Kill Barbie
Better to euthanize the 46-year-old doll than subject us to another fanciful makeover.

Editorials

This Is Reform?
Mayor Villaraigosa pledged to take over L.A. schools. But what he’s getting is something less dramatic -- and less helpful.

Bullet Bill Right on Target
Stamping cartridges willl help solve murders with missing guns.

Whaling On Japan
Country tries to oppose hunting ban, even though its own citizens gave the meat up years ago.