Editorial

The $2 trillion in new spending just enacted by congressional Democrats is a COVID relief bill in name only. It’s plenty of money all right, but so little of it goes to fighting the pandemic it brings to mind an observation attributed to Benjamin Franklin concerning an ox that had been mistaken for a bull.

Those are the questions I found myself asking after I spoke to a panel of gun violence reduction activists this week It was two nights after the murders in Boulder, a week after the rampage in Atlanta, and hours after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee played out a drama so reliably scripted that it felt like even the players involved knew they were playing a role.

To most folks, micromanagement has to do with tasks or performance. The micromanaging parent, for example, is generally thought of as one who hovers over a child’s homework or academics in generaL Indeed, that is the most common form, but parental micromanagement can also extend to organizing and directing a child’s social life and recreation.

Springtime has arrived in Washington, D.C.

Fostering a dog is one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had, but it is not without heartbreak at times.

Nearly four months after coronavirus vaccinations began, Louisiana is seeing fewer people clamoring for the surging supply of shots, and that fall-off in interest is happening far too soon to contain the spread of the virus.

Aside from the racist factor of the case and the usual gun control vs. Second Amendment spiel, I feel the Atlanta spa shootings have received little attention from individuals compared to shootings in the past. I don’t think the situation is being ignored — it has obviously received headlines — but I think the nation’s reaction to the murders is somewhat numb.