Paul Thornton is the Los Angeles Times’ letters editor. He joined the newspaper in 2005 as a researcher for the Opinion section and an occasional editorial writer.

3 days ago · Paul Thornton is the Los Angeles Times’ letters editor. More From the Los Angeles Times . Opinion. Editorial: Out on the streets to count L.A.’s unhoused, volunteers learn far more than ...

Jan 11, 2025 · This is not how any of us in Los Angeles saw ourselves starting 2025 — during our “wet” season, no less — but here we are. Let’s look back at the week in Opinion.

Jan 27, 2024 · — Paul Thornton, letters editor. I am so saddened to read about the need to lay off reporters and other staff at the L.A. Times in order for the newspaper to balance its budget.

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Jan 20, 2024 · Los Angeles Times. If you want to leave, fine. But don’t insult California on your way out 2024-01-20 - — Paul Thornton To the people leaving California: May the road rise to meet you as you seek better lives in new places. Now, can you please extend some goodwill to those of us who remain?

Jan 18, 2025 · Those pieces have continued the American tradition of writing wistfully, in both verse and prose, about community peculiarities in the mold of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.”

Jan 23, 2024 · Paul Thornton’s piece wondering why those who leave California express anger seems hypocritic­al. The Times often profiles anti-vaccine, conspiracy­theory zealots, and then devotes much of its letters section to bashing them.

Jan 23, 2024 · Los Angeles Times’ letters editor Paul Thornton implored Californians leaving the state to stop criticizing it on the way out. "To the people leaving California: May the road rise to meet...

Jan 23, 2024 · To the editor: Paul Thornton's piece wondering why those who made the bittersweet decision to uproot express anger toward California seems hypocritical. The Times has devoted a lot of space...