Greeting the new year with skepticism It is the time for looking forward to the coming year: Trepidation and dystopian? Optimism, even utopian? Fear, or longing for the return to better shades of normalcy? Doyle McManus opened with optimism (DP-12-31-21) and Hoppy Kercheval found a bit ...
President Biden went to Georgia Tuesday to try to drum up enthusiasm for federal “voting rights” legislation. The dark symbolism cannot be avoided — the president making his case for a “lost cause” in the heart of the south. The Freedom to Vote Act, or whatever incarnation the ...
Hypocrisy and lies from politicians are so rampant in Washington that hardly anyone pays them much attention anymore. Perhaps that is why our cynicism about so many things political deepens and distrust of our institutions is pervasive. A co-conspirator in all of this is Senate Majority ...
Families, average citizens are put last Two stories in the Dec. 17 issue of The Dominion Post drew my attention for different reasons. The first reported on a press conference held by Sen. Capito in which one beheld a remarkable display of her priorities. On the one hand, she opposes ...
by Ramesh Ponnuru The Democrats should have listened to Joe Manchin. As their “Build Back Better” agenda assumed legislative shape, the Democratic senator from West Virginia kept telling them what he didn’t like about it. On Nov. 1, he decried the bill’s “shell games” ...
Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement on Fox News Sunday that he was a “no” on the Build Back Better Act set off a flurry of coverage, which only intensified Monday when Manchin appeared on Talkline. The interview lasted for nearly 15 minutes, and in the first three or four minutes Manchin ...