Let’s keep teaching outdoors
During the pandemic, schools across the country turned themselves inside out, holding classes outdoors to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. And now that vaccination is driving down transmission rates, school administrators are eager to get students back in the classroom.
Cartoon for May 1
The world as seen by cartoonist Chris Britt, Creators.com.
Pandemic underscores need to invest in child care
Until a year ago, parents’ struggles to find quality, affordable child care were largely considered a personal problem. Just another thing to juggle when working while raising kids.
Why Biden’s broadband plan would be a big win for bettering democracy
Your Views for April 30
Regarding Honua Ola
Cartoon for April 30
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Shaming wrong approach to boost vaccines
Now that more than half of Americans have received at least one COVID vaccine, this is a milestone we should all celebrate. The Biden administration is marking the moment with a partial rollback of masks. It’s the easing of these restrictions that may encourage more people to seek the vaccine.
Biden strikes right tone in speech, reaching out to both TV viewers and Congress
Cartoon for April 29
The world as seen by cartoonist Tom Stiglich, Creators.com.
Your Views for April 29
HCC leadership
NASA continues to achieve great things with helicopter flight on Mars
It’s hard to imagine that a flight lasting a mere 39 seconds could represent monumental scientific achievement, but that was the reaction — and celebration — last week when the experimental helicopter known as Ingenuity lifted off the surface of Mars.
Don’t let Republicans play the ‘whatabout’ game with a Jan. 6 probe
Cartoon for April 28
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could mean more guns in public
In a development that gun control advocates have been fearing, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case that could establish a Second Amendment right to carry a handgun in public, endangering laws in California and elsewhere that allow local and state governments to limit gun-carrying permits to people who establish a specific self-defense concern.
Kamala Harris’ border mission should be a Mexico mission too
Your Views for April 27
Deadly force
I love Disney World, but wokeness is ruining the experience
Cartoon for April 27
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Memo to Biden: Don’t go wobbly on refugee resettlement
It’s a lot easier to make campaign promises than it is to fulfill them once you’re in the White House.
Kids who kill deserve a chance at rehabilitation and release
The U.S. Supreme Court, which in a landmark 2012 decision made it harder to send juveniles to prison for life without parole, reversed course last Thursday by holding that judges may impose such a sentence without determining that the offender is “permanently incorrigible.” The 6-3 decision came in the case of Brett Jones, who was 15 when he stabbed his grandfather to death in Mississippi.
