Columns & Opinion

Free Will Astrology, March 11-17

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In theater, “breaking the fourth wall” means acknowledging the audience. An actor steps out of the pretense that what’s happening on stage is real. It’s a disruptive moment of truth that can deepen the experience. I would love you to break the fourth wall in...

Your Letters, March 11

“Make. Believe.” Jonas Goldstein and Timo Ryan of...

Human Habitat: Restoration Not Just ‘For the Birds’

Your Letters, Mar. 4

Mar 3, 2026

Bored of Peace Heaven knows that the newly established nothingburger Board of Peace, chaired by our president and aided by...

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Writer Craig Corsini compares concern about loss of bird habitats to the lack of consideration for human homelessness.

Worst Day, Redux: America’s Mass Shooting Epidemic

Mar 3, 2026

In the early afternoon of April 17, 2025, I received what to date has been the worst message ever...

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Bernice Espinoza assumed the sobriquet of “poet-lawyer” after a formative classroom confrontation with a Berkeley college professor who charged that she must choose between poetry and the law.

The Poet-Lawyer, Attorney Bernice Espinoza

Mar 3, 2026

Bernice Espinoza assumed the sobriquet of “poet-lawyer” after a formative confrontation with a Judge who charged that she must...

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Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology, Mar. 4-10

Mar 3, 2026

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Many ancient cultures had myths that explained solar eclipses as celestial creatures eating the sun....

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Juan Carlos Arenas has been a stand-up comedian for 14 years now, seven of them paid.

Standing Up for What One Knows, Comedian Juan Carlos Arenas

Feb 24, 2026

Coming up, Juan Carlos Arenas’ neighborhood of Moreland was rough. His uncles were not in the gangs … but...

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Your Letters, Feb. 25

Feb 24, 2026

Love for ‘Love’ Dr. Gerald Jampolsky, a local gem, told us in 1979 that “love is letting go of fear.”...

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Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology, Feb. 25 – Mar. 3

Feb 24, 2026

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In woodworking, “spalting” occurs when fungi colonize wood, creating dark lines and patterns that make...

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