He was the Bernie Sanders of his day. Charlie Chaplin, the iconic actor and at the time a well-known political leftist (some said communist), delivered a speech in San Francisco […]
Opinion
No federal funds for charters
Elizabeth Warren’s $800 billion plan to improve public education, like many of her plans, is admirable in its ambitions but misguided in its approach. If the federal government is going […]
Women not the ones who need fixing
Women are not the problem. There has always been something grotesque about the idea that they are. But to embrace that idea in the #MeToo era is not just grotesque, […]
California set to create own public banks
When you pay state and local taxes, parking fees and other payments to your regional government, chances are those funds will almost immediately end up in a corporate bank. Until […]
Oct. 28 letters to the editor
Denigrating immigrants may have led to violence The Dominion Post, in its uncritical piece about President Trump’s speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, says that the president was interrupted by a […]
Check your treats to avoid any tricks this Halloween
I’ll always remember the Halloween I went as a 7 Up can, based on a commercial that was popular at the time. My father fashioned a costume for me by […]
Trade war payouts growing on larger farming operations
If only it was enough to keep him down on the farm. That is, Gov. Jim Justice, whose own farming operations received the maximum possible subsidy payout of $125,000. That’s […]
Warren still dodging price tag for Medicare for All
One of the hottest debate topics among Democratic candidates for president is health care. Surging Elizabeth Warren has embraced Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All proposal. We’ll get to Warren’s problems […]
Washing our heads of plastic
Earlier this month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a ban on those small plastic bottles for hotel guests that contain shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, moisturizer and other personal […]
We can’t keep failing numbers of homeless students across state
Some people have no choice about why they end up being homeless. After all, it’s certainly not a kid’s fault if they are homeless, but at least 10,522 students are […]
