The best story this week was an editorial by the LA Times called "Parks v. Profit." The editorial starts out with an "old Jewish Tale" which instantly intrigues readers because it seems to have little to do with the issue. The editorial tackled recently modified proposals that barely protect national parks and other natural resources from public use and the presence of farm animals.
According to the Times, the parks would be so overused that in the future, people would not be able to enhoy their splendor and beauty. Americans seem to value preserving parks and the nature we have left but the government is not responding to these concerns because of the price of doing so. The editorial is very well written because theTimes ties together an entertaining Jewish story, a government proposal about nature, and people's concerns in one well flowing article.
The Times does a good job giving the history of the proposal and the details of the modification. These details would be not well known to the public otherwise. Therefore, the Times is educating people on what the policies and confusing modifications are really all about.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-parks03nov03,0,5990576.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials