Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

As I sat in the Frost Auditorium on Wednesday evening, listening to a presentation to educate parents about vaping, I transposed a moment from a few days back in time to when I was sitting …[READ MORE]

I love the way that everything intersects with everything else. There are connections that are obvious, and there are some that are completely surprising. If there were a Venn diagram of the social revolutions of …[READ MORE]

Watching the congress questioning Michael Cohen brings back the aroma of steam and heat. A bit of bleach, a touch of starch. I was a child in grade school during the Watergate hearings. I grew …[READ MORE]

I picked a paper up out of my driveway yesterday, and discovered a front page story about a local NRA group running a toy drive. I paused to gasp. What next ? Will there be …[READ MORE]

That incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met with the President this past week is not, by itself, extraordinary. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer – you know, Amy Schumer’s uncle – was also in …[READ MORE]

There were dozens of people headed in the same direction on Tuesday evening, strolling into the space at the side of the stone house in Lindberg Park. The candlelight vigil for the victims of the …[READ MORE]

While the biggest political challenge we seem to be facing locally is about Measure K, both national and international political problems are so daunting, they almost defy description. There is a bit of wisdom being …[READ MORE]

Watching the weird ‘blackout” request go racing through Facebook last weekend brought home three important points. Facebook can be a farce; get a request from a ‘friend’ and you just do what they ask? Nor …[READ MORE]

We have these lists of forgotten histories that pop up once in a while. Typically during February, there will be a list of African-American inventors, people whose names you did not know, who created things …[READ MORE]

People who think that a theater is just a building are people who have never entered through the secret door. The Robert Frost looks really good. The massive, year-plus makeover that cost CCUSD $26 million …[READ MORE]