Ban Fundraising Among L.A. City Commissioners By Laura Chick and Erwin Chemerinsky, Laura Chick is Los Angeles city controller. Erwin Chemerinsky is a professor of law and political science at USC and was chairman of the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission.
Prosecuting Investors: Not a Good Thing By James K. Glassman, James K. Glassman, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is a host of TechCentral Station.com.
War as an Excuse for Everything By Robert Scheer, Robert Scheer writes a weekly column for The Times and is coauthor of "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq" (Seven Stories Press/Akashic Books, 2003).