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Make a resolution to give blood

If you think it’s too late to make a New Year’s resolution, think again. One of the best resolutions you can make is to give blood at a Red Cross blood drive. Giving blood is easy. It takes a little time out of your day, but it’s not very taxing. In fact, most of the time during your donation you are reclining on a comfy table. And they give you a snack afterward. Giving blood is positive and makes a difference. The blood you give helps save lives, and that’s a great feeling. Giving blood makes you part of a vast effort to provide needed blood supplies to hospitals and ...

Anniversary of an insurrection

Today is the anniversary of one of the darkest moments in our democracy’s history. One year ago thousands of people heeded President Trump’s call to come to Washington to protest the election results. After a rally at which Trump addressed them and told them to march to the Capitol where Congress was voting to confirm the presidential election results, they did, and many stormed the Capitol. They broke in, fought with Capitol police and forced members of Congress to stop their proceedings and take shelter. They roamed the halls of the Capitol, ransacked offices, chanting for Nancy ...

What to do about omicron threat?

The specter of the omicron variant is casting a shadow over schools and workplaces. This version of the COVID-19 virus is proving able to plow through the defenses of vaccinations. It travels fast, and as schools reopen and businesses start to call employees back to work, health experts fear it will spread quickly. So, what to do? People have shown they are not in the mood for stay-at-home orders and online learning. Some scoff at the idea that masking will do anything to slow the virus. We could all get vaccinations, but many don’t see the point or doubt the data. What are ...

January 6 report is truly necessary

The House committee examining the events leading up to and surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol is getting ready to start releasing its findings. The Associated Press reports the committee has interviewed 300 witnesses, collected tens of thousands of documents and interviewed election officials around the country. Will their findings amount to anything? Right now a vast number of people in this country believe that the insurrection was just a peaceful protest, that if any violence was done it was political expression and should be protected by the First ...

Keep Sirhan Sirhan in prison for good

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a tough choice. But then again, it shouldn’t be a tough choice to decide whether to parole Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin who killed Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in June of 1968. The killing of Robert Kennedy, just five years after the assassination of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and just a couple of months after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, shook this country, and set the nation on a vastly different path politically. Kennedy was seeking the Democratic nomination for president. After his death, Hubert ...

COVID seeped into everything in 2021

In the economic news, COVID has impacted workplaces, employees and business operations alike. In the world of sports, COVID shortened seasons, forced players out of games for a couple of weeks at a time and has even kept the NHL from allowing its players to compete in the Winter Olympics. In the Summer Olympics, it forced a year’s postponement and forced athletes to compete in front of largely empty stands. Public institutions, from schools to medical centers to churches, have all been affected by COVID. Families have been kept apart far longer than they wanted. Weddings have ...