As we start to see temperatures climb consistently into the mid- to upper-80s (with today expected to be a scorching 93-ish degrees), this is a PSA to […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Alito’s draft willfully misrepresents history
In its May 7 cold opening, Saturday Night Live took a jab at Justice Samuel Alito’s reference to a Dark Ages legal treatise. Host Benedict Cumberbatch, playing […]
What happens if we forgive student debt?
Yesterday, we discussed the generational cycle of student loan debt: how the pressure from parents, the (unfulfilled) promise of better economic fortunes and skyrocketing tuition over the […]
Student debt is a generational burden
The closer we get the midterm elections, the more debate we hear about student loan forgiveness. President Biden campaigned on tackling the student debt crisis, but he […]
The day could be approaching when SCOTUS rulings are openly defied
The breakdown of U.S. Supreme Court legitimacy may already have begun as the public perception of the court morphs from one of respectful observances of the law […]
Think again about disinformation board
How on earth does one spark controversy from that blandest of government creations, the internal working group? One way is to give it a scary, Orwellian name […]
Addiction is not a moral failure
There are many stigmas around addiction. The most harmful one, though, may be that addiction is a moral failure. That succumbing to the siren’s call of drugs […]
Court overreacting to Daniel’s Law
Regular readers are likely aware of the Daily Report/Area Arrests lists that appear in the newspaper. It includes the names of the arrestees, their age, their hometown […]
If Roe goes, birth control is likely next
“Nothing changes instantaneously: In a gradually heating bathtub you’d be boiled to death before you knew it.” — The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood After our editorial […]
How did Mooney beat McKinley?
Despite some polls that put incumbent Alex Mooney ahead of incumbent David McKinley, we were still surprised to see Mooney prevail. After all, this is McKinley’s home […]