Latest Articles by William Dotinga
Pandemic impulses
When the only places open were the grocery store and Home Depot, I turned to Amazon for retail therapy in the dark early days of the pandemic.
Year of hope
As we peer around the corner where 2022 lurks, a year-end ode to the one thing holding us together.

Ninth Circuit Revives Suit Against Social Media Giants Over Nightclub Terror Attack
The tech giants argued the Communications Decency Act absolves them of liability for terror attacks committed or sanctioned by the Islamic State group in Paris, Istanbul and San Bernardino, California.
Year of Hell
A look at the calendar tells me it's March 18. Only March 18. This Year of Hell, which feels like three years of hell, is barely three months old.
Paradise Lost and Found
On the way home from a weekend trip with friends, we took a short detour into the foothills above Chico, California. Our destination: What remains of the town of Paradise.

EU Anti-Choice Group Loses Bid to Ban Abortion by Initiative
Siding with its magistrate and its lower court, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday that the European Commission was right to reject a citizens’ initiative calling for a ban on abortion, stem cell research and the destruction of human embryos.



