Not at the LAT, there isn't. News IS opinion driven. But, point taken; I should have written AN editor, not THE editor. I must plead the Clinton defense: it depends on the meaning of "the".
Sadly that's true at the Times and I'm LOL at your comeback. I live within its circulation area and canceled my subscription in 1988 for that reason. But you can mail in the content of most papers' op-ed pages from anywhere.