Opinion

Pardon your turkey While President Trump is pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a...

For some reason California’s outgoing Governor Jerry Brown started his Nov. 11 press conference on the state’s wildfires by calling them “the new abnormal.” Why...

I’ve had trouble recognizing this country lately, which is my way of saying we’ve gotten pretty cruel and shortsighted when it comes to how...

It’s “Cyber Monday” — get out there and buy stuff! But you don’t actually have to go anywhere, for this gimmicky shop-shop-shop day lures us...

Only courage saves democracy Kudos to Dave Anderson for his column, “Fighting Solves Everything?” (Re: The Anderson Files, Oct. 18, 2018), in the equally courageous...

Across the country, Democratic candidates ran on much more progressive platforms this year as compared to the last three election cycles, according to an...

Racially and ethnically speaking, I’m truly a global human — Irish, Black, Anglo, Native American, Italian... all that and more. My father always said...

Let’s start with something positive on the national front — hope lives. We are better off today than we were on Nov. 5. And while...

On Trump voters Trump voters, I am starting to understand your viewpoints. I know most of you are well-meaning people and I respect many of...

In his latest assault on our federal immigration policy in the lead-up to the midterm elections, President Trump proposed abolishing “birthright” citizenship, whereby children...

The Washington press corps is shocked, shocked that Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman (aka MBS) may have ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a...

Trump’s White House seems to be both spooked... and spooky. Check out a 72-page “spookinomics” report issued right before Halloween by his Council of Economic...