This month’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is firing imaginations, rekindling curiosity about space and space exploration, and stoking our collective sense of wonder. We watch vintage footage of astronauts bound improbably across the lunar landscape and hear them describe heretofore unseen...
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Maya Stiles Parsons Spier
Columnist, Editor-in-Chief - July 9, 2019 in Columnists
Not being his “type” is likely exactly why Trump feels free to assault women
It’s one thing to deconstruct and analyze and condemn the institutions of patriarchy and their flaws. It’s another one to feel their bruises on your skin, and their grasping hands pulling your hair and covering your mouth as you scream. Alice Minium Women quickly learn...
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Maya Stiles Parsons Spier
Columnist, Editor-in-Chief - July 4, 2019 in Columnists
Not much to celebrate on this Fourth of July
“The important thing is the presidency,” Nixon continued. “If need be, save the presidency from the President.” Bob Woodward, The Final Days It’s funny what makes you think. And what it makes you think about. I was driving home in the rainy dark, Washington State...
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Kate Laddish
Columnist - July 3, 2019 in Columnists
‘Playing a guitar without gravity is messy’ — Astro-musicians talk space, upcoming Bandella shows
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David Weinshilboum
Columnist - July 3, 2019 in Columnists
Leaving Davis
In 1997, I arrived in Davis, a small university town in Northern California. It had cultural activities, good schools, and lots of parks; at the time, it was a fantastic fit for me, a displaced Midwestern boy unaccustomed to the insane frenetic energy of the...
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JL Nash
- July 2, 2019 in Columnists
Domestic violence against men — where is the help?
Does domestic violence affect only the two people in an intimate relationship who live together? Should it be extended to partners who don’t live together and to all victims of domestic violence including children and family members? Is physical violence the only type of domestic...
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Terri Connett
Columnist - June 30, 2019 in Columnists
The skinny on the 2020 twenty
I'm bettin' Beto's chances are zippo. I believe he's sincere and probably a little too honest. If he couldn't beat Grandpa Munster, no way can he take on the anti-Christ.
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Kate Laddish
Columnist - June 28, 2019 in Columnists
Bill Kirchen: Five Lost Planet Airmen fly again this weekend
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen gained national recognition for their eclectic blend of country, rock, western swing, blues and boogie-woogie. That omnivorous approach has earned them credit as pioneers of the Americana genre. Five original Airmen—guitarist...
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David Weinshilboum
Columnist - June 26, 2019 in Columnists
Getting unstuck
Eyes are transfixed on the lighted screen, glued to the flashing line that keeps time as reliably as a clock. Blink, blink, goes the cursor against the empty white background. The eyelids never move. Neither do the hands. They hover over the keyboard, motionless. The...
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Maya Stiles Parsons Spier
Columnist, Editor-in-Chief - June 25, 2019 in Columnists
Trump’s isolationism is a lure for China and Russia to seize power
No nation’s security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations. Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors “The Chance for Peace” (16 April 1953) By now, only the truly witless still believe that...
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