Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

The City Council Meeting coming up on Monday, April 26, 2021 has been inspiring strategy from all corners. The agenda item on Public Safety has had more publicity than some of the movies contending for …

When someone chooses to run for office, they have tools to access. They can build a solid campaign, or a weak one. On the trail education is inevitable, but you can and should show up …

It’s starting to resemble the New Years Eve top ten list that used to be required from every publication on December 31. We’ve been in a global pandemic for a year, and the list of …

Watching the Impeachment trial last week was both horrifying and heartening. I was moved to tears that a man who had just buried a child could do his job with such grace and deliberation. I …

Like many people, I was shocked and horrified to see the Capitol overrun by terrorists on January 6th, and I am doing what I can to make sure that those who are responsible are held …

The danger of having a national holiday in one’s honor is that there is the risk of being turned into a greeting card; simple, palatable and undemanding. Of all the radical philosophies to come out …

I’m so exhausted, you’d think I’d been running into the mob to take photos; although I was only sitting at home watching it on television. It’s one of the expected physical responses to trauma. I’m …

There are some things we don’t need to change this year. We can still listen to Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album. There will be plenty of Vince Guaraldi, too. We are lucky enough to have eggnog, …

The ceremonial swearing in of new City Council members is often a notable moment; what is notable is that there often something so politically damning, it’s a new milestone. Two years ago, I wrote that …

Perhaps not since Cinderella was waltzing with one eye on the clock has a midnight loomed so large. More precisely, 11:59 pm, when the next set of (confusing) anti- COVID restrictions will settle over us. …