Category: Guest Opinions

Former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris had the same problem as every other Democratic presidential contender. She, like the others, tried mightily to make the case that she was her own person, with her own...

California’s Democrats meet in Long Beach this weekend for their second convention of this year. Things have changed dramatically since they first met in May. Back then, things seemed so simple. But the famous words penned by...

My therapist recently explained to me the concept of “trauma response.” Most of my life I’ve considered trauma to only describe experiences that are indisputably devastating: war, death, chronic illness. To me, anything less was...

In her novel “The Same River,” Lisa Reddick considers the ethical imperative for environmental action from the perspective of characters with unique personal situations that constrain their options for action. In the book, each...

Few parents are suddenly forced to make cremation arrangements for 6-year-olds. But my wife and I recently found ourselves in the dusky light of a mortuary conference room discussing ashes and urns. We used to adore Fridays....

In the guise of sounding environmentally concerned, Amazon founder and  Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has lofty futuristic plans. He explains in a recent CBS News interview why he’s pouring much of his fortune into his Blue...

This is the week that we celebrate the first human landing on the moon. Credit will be taken by many different interests for their role in this great human achievement. Curiously, the Apollo moon landing of a half-century ago...