The best thing you can say about President Donald Trump’s changing his mind about meeting with Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s strongman, is that it’s not surprising. In an […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
SCOTUS decision only a delay of execution for DACA
The Supreme Court’s decision “in favor” of DACA isn’t a pardon. It’s merely a delay of execution. Headlines across the news spectrum have implied the Supreme Court’s […]
Toxic in Tulsa: Trump’s speech was about Trump, not the U.S.
President Donald Trump’s speech Saturday night in Tulsa, Okla., was a toxic stream of consciousness that ignored a great opportunity to speak words of healing and unity […]
Advice from 101-year-old historian
These last months have been a stressful and difficult time in the history of our country. I say that with some experience behind me. I’m 101 years […]
Adopt a Cat Month purr-fect time to find furry friend
June is Adopt a Cat Month and therefore the purr-fect time to find a four-legged friend. Pet ownership has been found to have health benefits. The Center […]
Aunt Jemima is off the pancake box. Do we dare hope for change?
“I wish I knew how it would feel to be free” — Nina Simone, 1967 Here’s a knock-knock joke:“Knock knock.”“Who’s there?”“Aunt Jemima.”“Aunt Jemima who?”“Ain’t yo’ mama on […]
It’s time to bring the Civil War to an end
From the beginning a civil war was inevitable. The first seven decades of our history are a story of compromise, accommodation and temporizing, all in the attempt […]
Puskar embodied Cinderella’s ‘have courage, be kind’
Betty Puskar was a true Cinderella story. Not so much in the rags-to-riches sense. Certainly not in the despised-stepchild-to-beloved-princess sense. What Betty Puskar and the fairytale princess […]
It’s finally time for us to bridge the digital divide
As COVID-19 has pushed many Americans online to work and attend school, we hear a lot about Zoom fatigue and other annoyances. But what about the tens […]
Each step forward followed by a step back
Ring out the church bells Friday for Juneteenth. Let them be bells of joy because on June 19, 1865, a U.S. Army officer stood on the balcony […]
