Opinion
A tribute to white sneakers
Becky was laughing from Heaven Wednesday night.Those damn sneakers finally did the trick.You see, my sister — she was right, all those years tha...
August 3rd, 2019 updated: August 3rd, 2019. |
Racism is still doing well
In the 1990s I was called before a state legislative committee to explain my efforts to welcome diverse students into the California colleges that wer...
Keeping quiet about keeping people poor
Being a woman of a certain age I can remember the embryonic efforts of the modern feminist movement well. Feminism in its early days of defining itsel...
Be careful what you wish for
It seems to me that some of those old-time adages that have been around for many, many years still apply today. One of these has appeared in a number ...
The music sounds different
Recently, I put a radio station (www.HerbDayRadio.com) on the air playing ‘50s, ’60s and ’70s rock ‘n’ roll music. Not a...
Keeping quiet about keeping people poor
Rather by accident I have been confronted with several incidences in the past few days of the way things are stacked against the poor.We need poor peo...
Importance of play in a child’s life
If you are someone who enjoys listening to people with more knowledge and expertise than you possess in fields that interest you, you may want to inve...
Writer enjoys Xenia’s hospitality
Yesterday I was reminded of what Xenia means…hospitality. Granny Helen passed away the week before and we were saying our final goodbyes to a lo...
Jay Ambrose: Minimal help through minimum wages
If you’re thinking of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, you need maximum compassion, and liberals don’t have it. Promises o...
George Will: A story of national equilibrium lost and restored
“Time has upset many fighting faiths.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissenting, Abrams v. United States (1919)WASHINGTON — In this ...
