President Jimmy Carter created the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in 1978 as a kind of apology to the American people for Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Not […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Stealth legislation: Bills passed without knowing what’s in them
In the pantheon of great lines suitable for induction into Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2010 comment about Obamacare: “We have to pass the […]
A hashtag in search of a scandal
As American deaths from the coronavirus approached 85,000, the largest outbreak in the world by far, President Donald Trump was playing, “I Know Something You Don’t Know” […]
Why churches should remain closed — for now
A reader emailed us a question that people have been asking: Under Illinois’ shutdown order, why is it OK to go to the grocery store or Walmart, […]
McConnell, just go ahead and call Obama the n-word
Dear Mitch McConnell: Why don’t you just go ahead and call Barack Obama the n-word? You know you want to. It’d probably do wonders for your blood […]
Oh, the Places It’s Gone: Dr. Seuss book turns 30
When he started working on what would become “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss — probably understood that it was […]
Life advice for high school and college Class of 2020
Congratulations to the Class of 2020! By now, most of you have already had your commencements (virtual or otherwise) or are preparing for graduation Plan B. We’re […]
My wife and I just gave away a small library — and it hurt
If there’s a silver lining to living in virtual lockdown, it’s this: Plenty of time to attack those lists of “things we should do around the house.” […]
Swedish model holds lessons for America
As a partisan debate rages over whether and how to reopen the country, America is drifting, with no coherent strategy from the White House. States are opening […]
Making progress saving America’s local newspapers
Congress is taking some encouraging steps toward the critical challenge of saving America’s local newspapers. This was apparent in several proposals this week. A new House stimulus […]
