By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post Writing in The Washington Post recently, columnist Dana Milbank made the point: “It’s time for Democrats to be the grownups.” But on matters large and small, it appears that they cannot escape their own shallowness and they are stuck in early adolescence. We are only in the […]
2019
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Questions to ask an active candidate
By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post In 2016, Republicans foolishly talked themselves into dispensing with character or qualifications as a consideration for presidents. Since the election they’ve felt compelled to defend President Trump and his horrible words and actions, no matter how racist, cruel, dishonest, narrow-minded, stubborn, narcissistic, disloyal, thin-skinned or vulgar. If nothing else, […]
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Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Changing the law by breaking it
President John F. Kennedy was one among many to remind us that America’s is “a government of laws, not of men.” That truism underpinning our system of justice has been built into our federal and state governments since before we had either. In 1780, John Adams based the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Can our country stand divided?
It is unfortunate today that we hear from high places encouragement of hate and violence that emanate from both sides of the aisle and, particularly, from the media. President Donald Trump with his lack of humility, the immediate hostility from the leadership of the Democrats and their allies in the compliant media, stir impulses of […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
No place for schoolyard bully
I thank Democrats in Washington, D.C., for standing up to the schoolyard bully. The best way to stand up against a bully is to not let him have his way. This nation needs and must have a system of checks and balances to prevent what is happening in the nation’s Capitol. No bully is going […]
Posted inDear Abby, sj-web
Tell colleagues you don’t wish to go
DEAR ABBY: I started working in engineering in the late 1980s and thought it was “cute” that we all wore Hawaiian shirts when the guys went out for Friday lunches. Now we’re in our 50s, and many of my peers still honor that tradition. I no longer find it cute. In fact, I’m finding it […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Bills need to be paid
Before Gov. Janet Mills approves expansion of Medicaid, she should find out if medical facilities accept patients on Medicaid. I found out that my dentist does not. Evidently, many dentists want payment before a procedure is done because they cannot rely on the state to pay the bill. Workers are needed to pay into the […]
Posted inMark LaFlamme, sj-web
Mark LaFlamme: Are we having fun yet?
Man offers to pimp for undercover cop This still cracks me up. I mean, it’s one thing when you accidentally rear-end a cruiser after leaving a bar – we’ve all been there, right? – but offering to don a big hat, pinky ring and some gold chains for an undercover 5-0? That kind of thing […]
Posted inNuptials, sj-web
Wife is acting distant, not like herself
Andrea Bonior Special to The Washington Post Q. My wife has started to act distant lately, and is now responding in emails and using my name. Like today, I let her know my first new sales account came through, and her response was, “I am very happy for you, Joe.” It sounded very formal and […]
Posted inNuptials, sj-web
Readers describe their best and worst trips of 2018
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post Bob Tupper’s summer vacation in Bologna, Italy, was his best trip of the year. It included a visit to the famous markets in the Quadrilatero district, touring the oldest university in the western world and sampling beer at the Baladin brewpub near the city. Lots of beer. Tupper, […]