The science of gratitude
What does it mean to be grateful?
Cartoon for January 6
The world as seen by cartoonist Chris Britt, Creators.com.
100 days of national mourning
Cartoon for January 5
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Which GOP?: Republicanism can’t be Trumpism
Donald Trump has no intention of releasing his stranglehold on the Republican Party anytime soon, but others in the once-proud political organization have a stark choice — or rather, a series of stark choices.
Punish those who jump the vaccine line
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is serious about cracking down on medical providers who divert COVID-19 vaccines to nonpriority patients or sell them on the black market. “If you skip the line or you intend to skip the line, you will be sanctioned, you will lose your license,” Newsom said last week, adding that his office was working on details of an enforcement package.
Enemy of the people? Trump seems determined to make Joe Biden’s job difficult
Nearly four years ago, Donald Trump swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Trump now violates that oath on multiple fronts as he continues to insist he won an election he decisively lost, toys with disrupting the Jan. 6 count by Congress of the Electoral College tally — and lets his administration withhold vital cooperation from President-elect Joe Biden’s team in the pivotal closing weeks.
More COVID relief is needed, but $2,000 checks aren’t the way
President Donald Trump’s call to raise the $600 payments included in the recent COVID relief plan to $2,000 gave Democrats the opportunity to deliver extra help to the economy while embarrassing the opposition. Their House majority, with support from 44 Republicans, quickly passed a measure to deliver the additional payments. The Republican-controlled Senate then blocked it. With crucial votes in Georgia’s Senate runoff looming, Republicans are at odds with each other and with their president, and obstructing a popular proposal to boot.
Taking a stand against extremism
Lately, I have been reflecting on what I have in common with extremists. It turns out that the list is longer than I thought.
OK, so I got a few things wrong in 2020: A columnist’s confession
Every year at this time, I embark on my annual exercise in humility — a look back at what I wrote over the last 12 months with an eye to what I got wrong.
Cartoon for January 1
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
New Year’s resolution No. 1: Be like the firefighters and mask up
One can sense the eye-rolling out there: Is this really going to be another editorial about the need to cover one’s mouth and nose in public settings during the COVID-19 pandemic?
2020 was difficult; it was not the worst year ever
Your Views for January 1
Danger in the park
Cartoon for December 31
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Justice for Lockerbie
On Dec. 21, 32 years to the day after 270 people were murdered in the bombing of a jet traveling from London to New York, federal prosecutors charged the man who copped to building the explosive device that brought down Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
FAA reforms reassert primacy of Boeing oversight, safety
At last, Congress has undone disastrous Federal Aviation Administration policy that abetted Boeing’s lapses in pushing the unsafe 737 MAX to market. The restoration of trusted FAA oversight is a necessary step to set Boeing back on course as aviation’s longtime leader.
Cartoon for December 30
The world as seen by cartoonist Chris Britt, Creators.com.
A progressive wish list for 2021
Trump’s capitulation on pandemic relief is no cause for celebration
Americans should feel no more gratitude for President Donald Trump’s eleventh hour decision to sign the $900 billion pandemic relief measure than they might have for a vandal’s choice not to spray paint graffiti on their walls. The president’s behavior merely conforms to what might pass as normalcy.
