Nicholas Goldberg is an associate editor and Op-Ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He previously served 11 years as editor of the editorial page and was also a former editor of the Op-Ed page and the Sunday Opinion section. While at New York Newsday in the 1980s and 1990s, Goldberg was a Middle East correspondent and political reporter. His writing has been published in the New Republic, New York Times, Vanity Fair, the Nation, Sunday Times of London and Washington Monthly, among other places. He is a graduate of Harvard University.
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June 30, 2023
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June 12, 2023
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June 5, 2023
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June 1, 2023
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May 29, 2023
A teenager committed a horrible murder at a South Carolina school. But he doesn’t deserve a life sentence with no possibility of release
May 26, 2023
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May 17, 2023
The candidates running to succeed California’s senior senator stand to lose or gain if she resigns or sticks it out to finish her term.
May 16, 2023
With democracy in crisis, we all need what too many eighth-graders (and adults) are missing — proficiency in American history and civics.
May 15, 2023
The freshman congressman who lied about his jobs, schooling and more has been charged with fraud, theft, money laundering and lying. Is the story still funny?
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