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There Are No Debates in an Echo Chamber Jun. 30, 2024
I'm someone who watches horror movies from behind fingers in front of her eyes or a forearm shieldin... Read More
Seeing Clearly Is the Start Jun. 23, 2024
There is now a regular in the parking lot of my local grocery store who asks to clean my windshield.... Read More
The Shadows Turned Away From the Sun Jun. 09, 2024
At 5:30 a.m., it was still dark when we — five cops, two city council members, and one city ma... Read More
He Would Give Them Water Jun. 02, 2024
I've thought more about what Jesus would do in the last five months than I have since those bracelet... Read More
The Charge of Democracy May. 12, 2024
As I was being charged by name with genocide and cowardice by the protesters yelling in council cham... Read More
The Transitional State of Women Apr. 28, 2024
I can't remember how I got suckered into going to Girls State. I didn't run for student council and ... Read More
Just a Normal Ride Along Apr. 21, 2024
Officer Castaneda was already waiting for me at the front as I pulled up. "She's mine," she called ... Read More
Seek Out the Change-Makers, Not Just the Young Apr. 14, 2024
I had a meeting with young activists last week. They each had prepared statements and a binder with ... Read More
The Wrinkles of Legacy Apr. 07, 2024
A long time ago, a colleague from several jobs ago took a leap in vulnerability over lunch. She expl... Read More
When the Mandate Is Simply 'Do Something' Mar. 10, 2024
The email didn't address me by name, so I looked at the header to see if I was the only one listed o... Read More
The Rules of Engagement Feb. 11, 2024
The table had their agenda placed in front of the empty seats. I had been led back to the room and l... Read More
Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? Feb. 04, 2024
I gathered my thoughts in an adjacent room, filled with the light of the sun already mostly set on t... Read More
The Room Where ... What Happens, Exactly? Jan. 28, 2024
If there has been a recurring theme that has kept popping up for me in the last few weeks, it's this... Read More
On Being an Effective Elected Official Jan. 14, 2024
It was about 45 minutes before the first meeting of the day, a double matinee of first-time meetings... Read More
Don't Give Up the Crime Fight in Boulder Sep. 07, 2023
There was a time when only in Boulder would you find local police proposing to make fewer arrests &#... Read More
The Race-Obsessed L.A. City Council Oct. 20, 2022
In a leaked tape, three members of the all-Democrat (plus one independent) Los Angeles City Council,... Read More
County Council Meetings Must Stop Serving as Forums for Hate Speech Dec. 20, 2021
Something is seriously wrong with the public speaking format used by the St. Louis County Council in... Read More
The Seattle Head Tax Is Idiotic May. 17, 2018
The tyranny of local government was on full display this week. The culprits are some greedy members ... Read More
The Man Who Wouldn't Pledge the Flag Oct. 02, 2017
For 25 years, I've been a reporter on a midsized daily newspaper. For a few years, my beat was a nea... Read More
Public Toilets and Private Burdens Apr. 30, 2017
If there is anything more rewarding than making a personal sacrifice for a good cause, it's getting ... Read More
