by Rev. Jesse Jackson While the United States champions democracy across the world, our own democracy is under siege. Nothing is more fundamental to democracy than the right to vote […]
Opinion
MUB, city need to get on same page
Back when The Dominion Post Editorial Board met with Mayor Jenny Selin, Councilor Danielle Trumble and City Manager Kim Haws, Mayor Selin noted the Popenoe Run storm water project (to […]
Is there anything they won’t fight about?
by Nicholas Goldberg It’s gotten to the point where even the most obviously nonpartisan issues that Americans ought to be able to address cooperatively and rationally have fallen victim to […]
McCullough’s history never boring
I hated college history. The textbooks were mostly about dead white men, Abigail Adams excepted. The lectures were boring. I didn’t see how any of it related to my young […]
Bolton plot should be a warning on Iran nuclear talks
by Bobby Ghosh The Iranian regime has a long, dishonorable history of assassination plots against dissidents and detractors abroad, but commissioning a hit against a former U.S. national security adviser […]
What can cities do when bad gun laws are hurting the economy?
by Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars Bad gun laws have claimed yet another victim, but not the kind you might be thinking of. This year’s Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta […]
Trump’s antics made us numb to almost anything
This is different. We’ve become so numb, so accustomed to the sliding scale of right and wrong practiced by Donald Trump that it can be hard to see where the […]
Electoral Count Act up next on Congress’ list
As former President Donald Trump desperately clung to power last year, a number of flaws in the U.S. election system became all too clear. Thankfully, one may soon be fixed. […]
How I’ve stayed COVID-free (so far)
Infected people have coughed on me, maskless. I didn’t get COVID. I’ve attended parties that became super-spreader events — didn’t get COVID. I never sheltered in place and frequently punctured […]
It’s the uncertainty, stupid
SCRANTON, Pa. — Ask a restaurant owner how difficult the COVID-19 era has been, and the list of struggles is lengthy — loss of customers, supply chain problems, doubling and […]
