As we await the results of the most important presidential elections of our time, I am reminded of a gospel song that we sing in the […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Electoral College should be abolished
At the time of this writing, former Vice President Joe Biden leads the popular vote, with 50.5% of counted votes to President Donald Trump’s 47.8%. In […]
People feel what they feel. There’s no point arguing
Therapists counseling couples in trouble tend to follow this game plan: Before the combatants start hashing out the issues, they must acknowledge that their mates feel […]
Covering chaos, complicated vote counting
Tuesday night didn’t exactly go the way the pollsters thought it would with President Donald Trump making a much stronger showing in the early going than predicted. […]
The election is winding down, but the pandemic isn’t
Two days after the election and COVID-19 has not disappeared. This comes as no great shock to the majority of people, but for the very […]
The time has come: The choice 2020
Every four years this columnist writes about the stark choice between the candidates for president (and vice president) and their views on how the country should be […]
Vaccine politics replace election politics
Heading into Tuesday’s U.S. general election, speculation was rife as to whether a Joe Biden victory might herald a big leftward shift, or what kind of chaos […]
When good apples throw bad apples out of the barrel
For months — years, really — we’ve heard cries of “a few bad apples” every time a police officer anywhere commits a civil rights violation or an […]
Happy endings in United States history are not guaranteed
America is not guaranteed. There is, in other words, nothing foreordained about this country someday returning to anything approximating normal. That’s important to keep in mind as […]
Can Americans trust the election?
When I was a boy I used to go vote with my mother on Election Day. At a nearby public school, we would enter a booth, draw […]
