Opinion: In today’s pages: GOP hearts Hillary; Greek god worship
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Columnist Jonah Goldberg says Hillary Clinton is the GOP’s dream Democratic candidate:
Right now, during the primaries, she can get away with boasting about her tenure in the Clinton administration. Party activists are drunk with Clinton nostalgia. On the stump in Iowa, Bill Clinton responded to the claim that Hillary was ‘yesterday’s news’ by saying, yeah, but ‘yesterday’s news was pretty good.’ In the general election, audiences will remember Whitewater, travelgate, illegal fundraising, bimbo eruptions and impeachment. If they don’t, you can be sure Republicans will remind them. Fair or not, the Republicans’ intense dislike of Hillary will underscore the idea that a vote for her is a vote for more of the same rancor.
Wellesley College’s Mary Lefkowitz wants to bring back the Greek gods because more gods make for better mortal lives. Dorothy Green and Jamie Simon argue that California has enough water, it just needs to use it more wisely.
The editorial board praises the Air Force for its response to the loose nukes crisis. It takes Comcast to task for reportedly fiddling with the flow of data online. And it reflects on California’s fires.
On the letters page, L.A.’s Sil Orlando responds to an op-ed on foster parenting as paid parenting by saying, ‘A mere $600 a month does not come close to meeting the true costs of raising a child.’