President Joe Biden’s recent pledge to pass and sign a national abortion rights law next year if Democrats hold Congress may look like (and to some extent […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Can’t Truss it: Toodle-oo to a prime minister we barely got to know
Short-lived governments are routine in some democracies, with uncertainty the norm and predictability ever elusive. Yet never in London, where hundreds of years of steady parliamentary rule […]
The DP endorses candidates for office
Elections are the most direct impact many of us will have on our government, and it’s important everyone knows who they are voting for and what those […]
Responding to Xi’s China
Addressing China’s Communist Party’s Congress on Sunday, President Xi Jinping told delegates at the twice-a-decade event to “Be mindful of dangers in the midst of peace. Get […]
Not to be outdone by fellow culture warriors, Ashcroft takes on librarians
Given the ever-more extreme race to the right by Missouri’s Republican leaders lately, it was perhaps only a matter of time before one of them suggested the […]
DACA, Dreamers again in danger
Immigration is an issue fraught with multiple points of disagreement and one point where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle tend to agree: Unauthorized immigrants brought […]
The ravages of long COVID are coming into focus
It’s becoming clearer that, even in the unlikely event that we somehow, someday manage to eradicate COVID-19 and its many variants, we can’t wipe clean the enormous […]
Welcome back, Lady Liberty
This week, after more than two-and-a-half years of COVID closure, visitors returned to the top of the Statue of Liberty, climbing the 146 winding steps up the […]
The infamous ‘hot coffee’ lawsuit
She became the poster child for “stupidity needs a warning label” and “you can sue for anything nowadays.” You might have heard the story: A woman orders […]
Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling now
They aren’t saying it publicly, but behind the scenes, congressional Republican officials and business leaders are bracing for the nightmare scenario of a debt ceiling crisis potentially […]