Franklin Delano Roosevelt

WWII battleship to begin transformation into L.A. museum

2012-05-14 00:00:00

The battleship Iowa, a storied vessel that languished for years in the U.S. Navy's mothball fleet, is about to start its final journey, from San Francisco to its permanent home as a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. Next Sunday, four tugboats will guide...

For the record

2012-05-09 00:00:00

Politics: A May 4 Op-Ed article about political coalitions referred to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1938 court-packing scheme. The correct year is 1937. Politics: A May 6 Op-Ed about historical views of the federal government referred to Barry Goldwater's...

Europe's anti-austerity vote offers lessons for U.S. policymakers

2012-05-08 18:31:15

The European elections have concluded and the results are clear: Voters in France and Greece are a lot smarter than economic policymakers in the United States. Or at least they're a lot more attuned to the folly of relying on austerity as a tool of...

AP fired reporter who broke news of WWII's end; now it apologizes

2012-05-04 09:53:00

The Associated Press, the nation’s premier wire service whose reach is so broad that it often defines technical and ethical style for many other media outlets, has apologized for its treatment and dismissal of a foreign correspondent�who broke the...

Read the full text of Obama's speech on the GOP budget

2012-04-03 15:00:00

The following is a transcript of President Obama's politically-charged remarks Tuesday afternoon at an Associated Press luncheon framing the general election campaign, as released by the White House. Obama: "Thank you very much.� (Applause.)� Please have...

Obama botches legal precedent in citing Supreme Court

2012-04-03 14:54:00

President Obama said again Tuesday that it has been a long time since the Supreme Court struck down an economic law passed by Congress, but he mixed up the decisions and their timing. “We have not seen a court overturn a law that was passed by...

Romney, Obama and God: Who sees America as more divine?

2012-04-13 10:56:00

This year’s presidential campaign has had its share of arguments over issues long thought settled — contraception, for one. But another wrangle between Republicans�and President Obama dates far earlier than that 1960s throwback and centers...

Criticism of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck; The Times publishes grisly photo from the war in Afghanistan; the Senate rejects the 'Buffett rule'

2012-04-19 00:00:00

Criticizing the chief Re "Beck facing rare criticism," April 16 The fact that suspects do stupid stuff that gets them killed or wounded is apparently lost on the L.A. Police Commission, which has criticized Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck for...

Amelia Earhart search: A new clue pulls in Hillary Rodham Clinton

2012-03-20 09:58:00

A finger bone fragment, DNA samples, a photo showing a wheel protruding from water. Amelia Earhart disappeared 75 years ago, but the clues continue to surface. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to meet with historians and...

As prices rise, which president faced the worst at the gas pump?

2012-03-12 13:15:00

Some respite. After a day or so in which prices dropped by a negligible amount,� the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is again on the rise, up 0.9 cents overnight and up 3.4 cents since last week to $3.801. In California, the price rise...

Mankind's great mysteries -- baldness and Amelia Earhart -- solved?

2012-03-22 16:36:52

Presidential giants of our generation, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton

2012-02-20 16:37:40

When Franklin Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term, The Sun backed Wendell Willkie, a businessman who claimed Roosevelt's economic policies had been ineffective and stoked fears that the president was eager for the nation to enter World War II. Maryland stuck with Roosevelt.

2012-05-04 00:00:00

The Sun's Republican streak continued in 1944 with its endorsement of Thomas Dewey of New York, who sought to deny Franklin Roosevelt a fourth term. Maryland stuck with Roosevelt.

2012-05-04 00:00:00

Leroy Kelly graduated in 1963 (left), Willie Lanie graduated in 1966 (second to right) and Franklin Roosevelt graduated in 1952 (right). All are former NFL player and members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

2012-03-09 12:04:55