by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 28, 2021 | Opinion
It’s blueberry season, at least where I live, and blackberry season, too. Like tomatoes on the vine and okra on the stalk, they are seasonal reminders that we live in a world of amazing abundance and variety, with much to be grateful for. We enjoy the bounty that...
by Imam Imad Enchassi | Jul 1, 2021 | Opinion
A young Jewish girl timidly walked up to the mosque and asked to speak with the imam. I was dressed in gym clothes and a cap doing yard work around the Islamic center. I guess I did not look the part. “I am the imam,” I said, laughing. She handed me an envelope with...
by Jack Moline | Jun 23, 2021 | Opinion
Social scientists will tell you that every culture has its standards of personal space – that comfort zone around the body into which uninvited intrusions are unwelcome. You can search online for what any given society holds as its standard, but you yourself know how...
by Frank Rees | Jun 21, 2021 | Opinion
We are enduring a rude awakening to realities our everyday life in Australia allows us to ignore. We are discovering things that much of the “majority world” knew all along and lives with all the time. We are realizing that our so-called “normal” is in fact an...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 14, 2021 | Opinion
Instructions. I don’t read them. I’m a member of the group that likes to look at the box and then figure out how it all goes together. I’m sure there is a name, a label for that. Speaking of which, I don’t read labels. I am not counting calories. I’m a budding...
