After laying my mother to rest last month, my wife Hope and I were eager for a much-needed break on a long-planned trip to the East Coast. Her work had carried us…
Opinion
I am really grateful for the guys that collect my trash every week and that the sanitation department tells them what to do with all that stuff after they pick it up.…
Back in the day, girls were advised to get a boy to talk about himself to insure a successful date. I will never forget applying that wisdom to my first date as…
We Hear You I really appreciate the Messenger Mountain News’ prominent coverage of the Listening Session [at King Gillette Ranch on March 3]. They were very important for the County’s information-gathering and…
This year, so far, has been a big one for education, beginning with the LAUSD teachers’ strike. We teachers have gone through a lot. Our world of education is constantly changing and…
Chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go,” we hoisted twelve garbage bags full of trash and headed back towards school. The morning had started out like any other:…
The first week of kindergarten, a little boy came home ecstatic about the goodie bag prize he’d received from his teacher. When his mom asked if every child got a prize, his…
The job market is hot right now. It is a good time to be looking for work. But what does work look like in the rapidly changing relationship between employees and employers?…
“My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a glance through the telescope? What shall we…
I look around my home and do not see a single human object not sourced, in some way, by carbon combustion. The glasses on my face, fueled by the coffee in me,…