Editorials

That was the prediction from “experts” at London’s Imperial College when Covid-19 began. They did also say if there was “social distancing of the whole population,” the death toll could be cut in half, but 1.1 million to 1.46 million Americans would still die by this s…

Stanley and Joel  WE need more government officials like Stanley T. Iakopo, the executive director of the CNMI Office of Veterans Affairs. He saw a problem — loose cows at the veterans cemetery — and did what he could to solve it. He didn’t complain about the lack of funds. He did not wait for othe…

If you use the measuring stick of fewest cases per million residents, Hawaii ranks first, as of this writing. Then Montana and Alaska, and Vermont ranks fourth. (While most people would consider Montana a red state, governor Steve Bullock is a Democrat; while most think of Vermont a blue state, gov…

Yes, Mr. Trump needs to put up an agenda for 2021. And yes, there’s never been a president who can’t sleep if he hasn’t shot himself in the foot before turning out the lights. Still, I’m not sure traditional metrics and analysis apply in this election. We are in a constantly shape-shifting campaign…

I refer not to Covid-19, but to Donald-20, or, to use its pseudoscientific name, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Research has shown that TDS appears in five stages, each of advanced intensity. Perhaps there will be some value, if not promise of diminishment, in setting these parameters out for public a…

They are acting from a self-preservation motive. That’s corporate America and its political virtue signaling right now. What’s more, if you support the Black Lives Matter policy agenda (whatever it is), you would be wrong to think corporate America is being coopted by the money it feels obligated t…

Yet now the City Council has decided this is the perfect moment to slap businesses with a large new tax on employment. In a misnomer for the ages, they’re calling it the “JumpStart Seattle” tax. Recall that in 2018 Seattle passed a $47 million annual “head tax,” only to repeal it after a furious pu…