by Delaney Metcalf | May 4, 2026 | Opinion
I bought a light‑up fish tank lamp because it was cheap, quiet and uncomplicated. It simply contains plastic fish drifting in a slow loop of color. But that’s exactly why it works. It doesn’t need anything from me, but dang it makes me happy. It doesn’t interrupt the...
by Michelle Wahila | May 4, 2026 | Opinion
The world feels increasingly fragile. Political tensions continue to rise, alliances are strained, and the language of war has become part of daily life. Recently, the war with Iran has shown up not just at our gas pumps, but in our social media feeds. We...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 1, 2026 | Opinion
“The chickens have come home to roost.” When Malcolm X said these words to describe President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he was suggesting the hatred and violence the U.S. cultivated worldwide had returned to plague us. Sixty-three years later, the...
by Jessica Mark | Apr 30, 2026 | Opinion
Last November, a colleague and I traveled for a week to Matanzas and Oliva, Cuba, to share the bodywork therapy we practice, Ortho-Bionomy, with our friends there. Ortho-Bionomy is a gentle form of bodywork that supports the body’s innate wisdom to self-correct and...
by Brad Jeffcoat | Apr 29, 2026 | Opinion
Very loud people have declared that a person who is transgender is so fundamentally different and “delusional” that it is impossible for “normal people” to understand. I don’t believe that is true. I bet we’ve all had moments when we felt the people around us weren’t...
by Giorgio W.K. Hiatt | Apr 29, 2026 | Opinion
“No take-backs!” Every child knows injustice when she experiences it. You can’t make a move and then change it on a whim. It’s not right. It’s not fair. It ruins the game. The plight of refugee families is not a game, yet the current policies and practices of...
