By George B. Kauffman Make the Break (If You Can) by Dr. Reginald J. Exton (Author), Roy Speckhardt (Editor), Humanist Press, 1777 T St. NW, Washington, D.C., 2012, $9.99. ISBN 9780931779268. NASA [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Crafts
South of Shaw: Introducing Straight Outta Fresno
By Valley Public History Project Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Reel Pride Presents The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
By Maya Vannini Editor’s note: This article is republished from Know Youth Media with permission and was originally published at https://theknowfresno.org/. Last month, Fresno hosted the 28th annual [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner: Compassion Politics
Halima Aquino, M.A., launched the Voter Education and Engagement Project (VEEP) in California to better understand why people register but do not vote. The responses to her survey indicated, among [...] Continue Reading
Jewish Film Series
By Temple Beth Israel Films Committee The Jewish Film Series will return to Temple Beth Israel (6622 N. Maroa Ave.) on Sept. 16 with a golden oldie, The Frisco Kid, starring Gene Wilder as a naive [...] Continue Reading
The Prince of War: Billy Graham’s Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire
By George B. Kauffman The Prince of War: Billy Graham’s Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire (2nd ed.). An unauthorized biography with selected book reviews by author Cecil Bothwell. Brave Ulysses [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: The Periodic Table & Mendeleev
By George B. Kauffman The Periodic Table & Mendeleev. By Fathi Habashi, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Laval University, Quebéc City, Canada, 2017, ISBN [...] Continue Reading
Dedication of the Philip Levine Reading Room: A Retrospective
By Alex Vavoulis In Alexandria, Egypt, in 1954, Greek Noble Laureate George Seferis said, “Learning is one of the noblest exercises of man and to be learned is one of his highest desires.” And now, [...] Continue Reading
The Lazy Universe
By George B. Kauffman The Lazy Universe: An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action. By Jennifer Coopersmith, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK; New York, NY, 2017, xii + 267 pp., hardcover, [...] Continue Reading
Alice’s Story: Coming out as Trans and Finding a Role Model in Myself
By Alice Herrera Editor’s note: This article was originally published by We’Ced Youth Media (http://www.wecedyouth.org/2017/06/coming-trans-finding-role-model/) and is republished with [...] Continue Reading
Review of Us and Them: Racism Under Arrest
By Cherylyn Smith Prepare for the genesis of “reality theater.” Unlike reality TV, this genre is not “dumbed down,” as demonstrated in the original play Us and Them by Deshad Cato. (The play is being [...] Continue Reading
THE LORD WAS NOT ON TRIAL: The Inside Story of the Supreme Court’s Precedent-Setting McCollum Ruling
By George B. Kauffman The Lord Was Not on Trial: The Inside Story of the Supreme Court’s Precedent-Setting McCollum Ruling. By Dannel McCollum, Americans for Religious Liberty, Box 6656, Silver [...] Continue Reading