Reflections & Observations: “The Last, Best Hope of Earth”
On the morning of September 11, 2001, in the midst of one of the worst moments in this country’s history...

Point of View: Thinking: A Lost Art?
Preparing for college begins long before students reach eleventh or twelfth grade...

Letters To The Editor

Bay City Beat: The Good News: We’re All Cops
George Orwell might have picked the year 1984 arbitrarily when he wrote his prescient novel in 1949...

The Last Word: Those Anti-Homeless Ordinances (The Big Picture)

Point of View: Violent Men: Kill Yourselves First
The two recent murder-suicides in Santa Monica are the latest examples of the ongoing violence against women...

Point of View: Over 100 Economists Agree: The Living Wage Makes Sense
Tens of millions of Americans -- working Americans -- live in poverty. The reasons are complex, to be sure...