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As a teacher, a parent and well, I guess just an informed human being, please let me state for the record that autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder are not, and will never be, “serious emotional problems” as stated in Kathy Glatter’s op-ed piece Sunday. I am chagrined that a medical doctor termed them […]
By Jeannie Johng-Nishikawa My 12-year-old daughter Victoria plays the violin and often needs me to buy her new strings. With her winter concert approaching, I knew I’d be making a trip to Watermelon Music in downtown Davis. I wanted the errand to go as quickly as possible. It was a freezing day and because I […]
The issue: The code-breaking machines are long gone, but a few nonagenarian minds may yet be able to help unlock one more secret In an era of supercomputers and multiple screens that seem to cater to our every information whim, there’s a certain satisfaction to be found in a musty mystery captivating Britain. IT SEEMS […]
During this special time of the year, let us pray for peace around the world. Let us pray for equality for all mankind. And finally, let us pray that the Boy Scouts of Davis sell more Christmas trees this year than they ever have in the past. Merry Christmas. Bob Glynn Davis
Our family was overseas on Election Day. We have been voting by mail for many years, and were enthusiastically looking forward to doing so this year. We made arrangements for the U.S. Postal Service to forward our mail to us while we were away. Unfortunately, our absentee ballots did not arrive. With time slipping away, […]
The Richard Hirschfeld penalty phase puts before us, once again, our values as a civilized society. These values were recently brought to mind in watching the play “Electra,” a tragedy by Sophocles, 413 BCE. Electra prompted Athenian citizens to examine the underpinnings of their democracy. How, Sophocles asks, should we regard a civilization that demands […]
We bought our Christmas tree at the Boy Scouts’ Christmas tree lot on Mace Boulevard, across from the South Davis Nugget Market. It was a great experience — no one telling us their political agenda, and no one giving us their annual rhetoric about buying a tree elsewhere. The service was super, and the price […]
Saturday marked the 11th anniversary of the peace vigil in downtown Davis. We began our presence on G Street between Second and Third streets, also known as the G Street Plaza. We moved to the southeast corner of Fifth and B streets a few years go. Our intention is to remind our friends and neighbors […]
