Thousand Oaks, California: a city torn apart by wildfire and gunfire. Both are unnatural disasters. “This is the new abnormal,” Gov. Jerry Brown said this… Continue reading
Councilman Joe Deets will continue to serve as Bainbridge Island’s deputy mayor. The city council agreed to keep Deets in the post through the end… Continue reading
This year Cambridge Scholar Publishers issued a book edited by Barry University professor Laura Finley and me, “Trumpism: The Politics of Gender in a Post-Propitious… Continue reading
Charles Dickens wrote this about the French Revolution: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of… Continue reading
FORT MYERS, Florida - Amid the brouhaha over senate and gubernatorial voting, there was clarity here in the Sunshine State about one thing: Floridians are… Continue reading
How much real change manifested itself in the 2018 midterms? How deeply does the outcome reflect the American soul? Apparently, about 113 million Americans, basically… Continue reading
Bainbridge Island voters have rejected a $15 million, seven-year levy to pay for roadside improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians. According to the latest vote tally… Continue reading
Editor’s note: The Man from the North is a fictional character from Rivera Sun’s series of novels. She has him offering essays beyond her novels.… Continue reading
Debate in Congress has always been contentious. The levels of vitriol may seem especially acute these days, but confrontation is not new. I can remember… Continue reading
It gets harder to commemorate World War I, because of time and the public’s embrace of, or indifference to, a permanent war economy. About the… Continue reading
It is clear after these past mid-terms we need the United Nations to monitor our national elections to make certain they are democratically fair. Indeed,… Continue reading
If you thought the midterms were bad — marked by Trump’s frequent falsehoods, cockamamie claims and rampant racism — you ain’t seen nothing yet. It’s… Continue reading
Bainbridge Island voters have rejected a $15 million, seven-year levy to pay for roadside improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians. According to the first vote tally… Continue reading
More than half of Kitsap County voters voted before Election Day this year, according to Kitsap Election Division officials. According to the division’s ballot return… Continue reading
The media seem to be impaled on the horns of a dilemma: Cover Donald Trump and, if they do so with a shred of integrity… Continue reading
While nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts are admirable and necessary for democracy as it is practiced in the United States, I am not going to tell you… Continue reading
One of the great things about being a small-town country lawyer is you get to meet so many “ordinary” Americans going about their business, raising… Continue reading
