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December 23, 2021
Finding jail alternatives should not be partisan issue
If you know someone is a Republican or Democrat, then you might assume you know exactly where they stand on whether local jails need to be expanded.
If you know someone is a Republican or Democrat, then you might assume you know exactly where they stand on whether local jails need to be expanded.
Come on, senators. First you haggle endlessly over a “human infrastructure” bill (Build Back Better Act) that would fund actual needs of real people — too expensive, not enough money for those “Democrats’ wish list” items. Even “Democrat in Name Only” (DINO) Sen. Joe Manchin joined Republicans in that complaint.
Our nation’s political divide was on stark display this week, following yet another senseless school shooting — the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. since 2018 — that stole the lives of four Michigan teenagers and traumatized hundreds of other Oxford High students forced to “run, hide or fight” a 15-year-old attacker armed with a semi-automatic handgun his father had apparently bought for him just a few days before.
A day after yet another tragic school shooting, I had just finished teaching a criminology class about gun violence and how to reduce it in the United States. I found that my students have many misconceptions about the scope and nature of the problem.
Anyone else caught between wanting to run away screaming and obsessively tuning in for the latest updates every time a new COVID-19 development happens?
Is congresswoman protecting wealth cheats?
The less than ideal outcome of the latest climate talks in Scotland reminds us of an inconvenient truth: as yet there is no human authority on Earth powerful enough to enforce the preservation of the commons. Would any country seriously consider military invasion to stop Brazilian deforestation, up 22 percent from last year, or India’s continuing addiction to coal, or the U.S. auctioning off new leases for oil production in the Gulf of Mexico?
This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most spectacular conservation victories in recent history: the defeat of a massive gold mine planned for the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park.
Allowing offensive ‘FJB’ sign in Camas roundabout could hurt local businesses
In the spirit of giving thanks and feeling grateful this week, we’re taking a break from bad news and focusing on good-news-only in this month’s Cheers & Jeers column.