Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has made himself largely unavailable to questions from reporters since before his nomination. In contrast, President Donald Trump has made himself available numerous times per […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Don’t check out now, America
Across America, people are cutting and pasting versions of a pledge to willful ignorance with damning regularity. The online statement of personal superiority usually starts off with an admission that […]
Awful businessman or crafty tax evader?
Raise your hand if you’ve paid more in income taxes in the past year than Donald Trump paid in his first two years as president. According to a […]
Which of your children would you lose for $12 million?
“We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal.’ ” — Martin Luther KingIn other words, what is legal is not necessarily what is right. With […]
What if President Trump won’t leave?
Pardon me if I repeat myself but, sometimes, I repeat myself. I realized that as I was web surfing for a possible column on what would happen if President Donald […]
Congress must act fast to make sure everyone is counted
A pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans, and the toxic politics of a presidential election year, have disrupted the taking of the 2020 Census. That’s worrisome for anybody […]
President Trump might be losing his grip on farm country
Is the relationship between President Donald Trump and farm country starting to go bad? At first glance, things have never been better. According to recent data, net farm income will […]
Retrofit California buildings for wildfires
California should put the same effort into preparing buildings to survive wildfires that it has retrofitting for earthquakes. That’s the view of University of California Merced fire scientist Crystal Kolden, […]
Trump’s U.N. (campaign) address
President Donald Trump gave a Tuesday campaign speech that blasted Beijing’s COVID-19 culpability, lauded his administration’s response to the pandemic and celebrated America’s abdication of the Paris climate accord and […]
Sept. 27 letters to the editor
Unnecessary doubts cast on mail-in voting Free and fair elections are a crucial pillar to a successful democracy. This upcoming presidential election will look different from any previous election in […]
