Opinion

Water Rights Reform Is a Century Overdue

The Mountain Counties Water Resources Association Op-Ed (Daily Breeze, July 16, 2023), claims changes in California’s water rights system embodied…

2 years ago

Climate change is a threat to the planet: We must address it

Obviously, climate change is not real. I’ve heard, you’ve heard, "expert" after "expert" telling us for years how climate change…

2 years ago

Mandatory Media Literacy Education Could Be Coming to California Schools Soon

A critical news literacy education should be administered by well-trained educators whose goal is to teach students how to think,…

2 years ago

Grace and Understanding After Juneteenth

The sun sets a few minutes after 8 p.m. on June 18. I believe there was enough space for community…

2 years ago

JFK And ‘Peace For All Time’

A president transcending nationalism, envisioning a world beyond “USA! USA!”? Was Kennedy daring to look beyond his own interests —…

2 years ago

Texas Book Ban Bills Set a Dangerous Precedent for the Narratives of Young People in Education

Our nation ought not to be silent when young people feel obligated to defend our own rights because we feel…

2 years ago

Pricing the Public Out of Public Records

Faced with lawful requests for public records, county leaders last year opted to respond by imposing this transparency tax, with…

2 years ago

It’s Time for American Business to Stop Subsidizing the World’s Largest Dictatorship

Rebuilding American manufacturing not only returns jobs to our country, but also keeps profits here in America. Instead of strengthening…

3 years ago

On Gun Violence, the New Generation Will Not Be Silenced

It spoke volumes for the inaction of the GOP-controlled legislature to do anything about gun violence that the only step…

3 years ago

Are Superstores and Malls “the New Downtown”?

In a way, a mall or superstore is like a small town’s downtown. Instead of a library, there’s the bookstore…

3 years ago