Opinion: In today’s pages: It’s over, Hillary
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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) points out that the John Yoo torture memo is but one example of President Bush’s hidden laws. High school junior Tom Stanley-Becker explains why opting out of an Advanced Placement class was a smart move. Columnist Patt Morrison says L.A. muralists have to fight for their work on two fronts -- taggers on one side, and numbskulls with paint rollers on the other. And columnist Rosa Brooks acknowledges that Hillary Clinton may have a right to keep campaigning, but says it isn’t the right thing to do:
Tell an American he shouldn’t do something, and odds are he’ll respond by insisting that it’s his ‘right’ to do it, regardless of how pointless, destructive, offensive or downright stupid it may be.... Tell your 10-year-old daughter she’s not allowed to buy thong underwear emblazoned with sexy slogans, and she’ll give you an angry lecture about her free-expression rights. Don’t fall for it.
The editorial board agrees that it’s over for Clinton:
Hillary Rodham Clinton has run a long and admirable campaign for president of the United States. The prospect of her presidency has energized voters, particularly but not exclusively women, and offered working people a champion for their cause in this time of economic malaise. She has demonstrated resolve and character. And yet, she has lost.
The board also praises the Los Angeles Unified School District’s new deputy superintendent for disciplining LAUSD officials in a school sex case, and explores whether a new Sprint Nextel broadband venture could expand service across the country.
On the letters page, some readers aren’t as enamored with taco trucks as the editorial board. East L.A.’s Omar Loya says, ‘I now have to deal with grease stains on the street, trash on the sidewalks, generators running late into the night and extra traffic.’