First Principles
Does WAR (Wacky Arrogant Religious) define “US” as a people, wallowing around in a quagmire of fear, greed and hate? Where is the consensus in … Continue reading
Letters Editor
Author: Letters Editor
Solar Too Expensive
Pete Kuntz, of Colorado, claims that solar and wind together provide “18 percent of U.S. power” (Letters, 4/5). He should inform the Energy Information Administration (EIA), … Continue reading
Bow To Your Corporate Overlords
The natural product landscape barely resembles the health food movement I grew up in as a child. Every time I turn around, another “natural” brand is … Continue reading
Deportation Damage
Deportation puts added pressure on students, their teachers and schools. PTSD, so-called “scripts of silence,” isolation, depression and panic attacks roll through besieged communities — of … Continue reading
The People’s Budget
While members of the Republican majority are competing to see who can make the deepest cuts, there is a budget proposal before Congress that would … Continue reading
Arms Race
Lao Tsu states in The Tao Te Ching that “weapons are instruments of fear, all creatures hate them. The Sage uses them only when there … Continue reading
Shut Up About Hayward
To everyone who is still debating on the East Grandstand (“Hayward Field’s Transparency Problem,” 5/17) and its viability or lack thereof: Please stop! This is … Continue reading
Kicking Against The Pricks
An activist and a poet, I have sometimes twisted both together into barbed-wire arguments for our general freedom, often doubling as a plea for friends … Continue reading
Splitting The Vote
Analyzing the voting data for the dueling city auditor ballot measures shows that the majority of voters did want an auditor, but vote-splitting resulted in … Continue reading
Some Rely On Poetry
Freedom of thought. Freedom of speech. Some rely on lies and some yell impeach. The gulf in between has been filled with hate. How did … Continue reading