For My Father Leonard Adame By Maria M. Adame Time has slipped through like film through a projector; the clock’s hand bangs every mocking minute. I still see your last moments. Your eyes squeezed [...] Continue Reading
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My #MeToo Experience
By Stan Santos For many years, I wondered where my childhood went. We were all children of the 1960s. We rode bikes and watched It’s a Wonderful Life and the Wizard of Oz on a black-and-white [...] Continue Reading
Hooray for Us!
By Uncle Bill ’Tis a glorious, florious flag-waving day To remember our heroes who’ve gone by the way. Memorial, Veterans and Patriot’s Day, too Armed Forces, Independence, just to name one or [...] Continue Reading
Effect of 2018 Nobel Prizes on Diversity and Enhancement of Women
By George B. Kauffman The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arthur Ashkin (b. 1922), previously of Bell Laboratories, but now working from his home laboratory; Donna Strickland (b. 1959) of [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Fantasyland
By George B. Kauffman Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen, Random House Trade Paperback, New York, 2018, $18.00. ISBN 9780812978902. Donald J. Trump is not sui [...] Continue Reading
Business as Usual
By Kevin Hall I would not want to be born today nor would I wish it on anyone. The growing uncertainty around whether the planet’s climate will remain stable through the end of this century is now so [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Open Letter to the Almond Board
By Tom Frantz A letter was recently sent to the Almond Board of California by several Valley groups. These groups include the Kern-Kaweah chapter of the Sierra Club, the Central Valley Air Quality [...] Continue Reading
What Does Boise Mean for Homeless Advocacy?
By Paul Thomas Jackson A plaintiff’s job of building a lawsuit has been compared to a construction project. The more social or finance significance the suit has, the more demanding the project usually [...] Continue Reading
Transgender Day of Remembrance
By Zoyer Zyndel You are invited to attend the 2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Nov. 16. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the event begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. The TDOR will be hosted [...] Continue Reading
Armistice and Its Aftermath
By Joshua Shurley Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is just around the corner. This year, the holiday is officially observed the following Monday, Nov. 12. One of the largest Veterans Day parades in the country [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor — November 2018
Nunes Sends Out Hit Piece on Local Newspaper Nunes was stung by the Fresno Bee And he wanted revenge very badly But since he had no stinger He could only point his finger. Nunes slandered Andrew [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – November 2018
Dear Reader, One of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, is quoted as saying, “Nothing is certain, but death and taxes.” The older I get, the more of this inescapable reality sinks in. We start [...] Continue Reading