The Sacramento Bee’s treat for Valentine’s Day (2-14-18) readers was titled “Homeless patients regularly are ‘dumped’ at shelters.” The above-the-fold, front-page cover story featured an 8x6-inch color photograph of a seemingly bewildered woman in her car, Lara Woods, the subject…
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There is a world where two wrongs make it right. Where you can get by on your looks. Where social-Darwinism evolves. This hotbed of sociopathic behavior is called high school. It is as easy as it is disturbing to imagine…
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Not since the heyday of Tower Records and the Webber-era Kings has Sacramento’s profile raised to the national level achieved by the Academy Award nominated film “Lady Bird,” written and directed by Sacramento native Greta Gerwig. We can only hope…
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Be vigilant. If you see something, say something. The clarion call for heightened alertness relates to terrorism, although another threat also necessitates our constant attention. Propaganda has the potential to invade our collective psyche and cause harm. Propaganda at best…
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Those among us who still care realize it is nearly impossible to find completely objective news coverage -- whether broadcast, print or online -- untainted by partisanship, bias, hearsay, fakery or just plain smugness. This sad state of the fourth…
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“If you don’t care, don’t say so” is my philosophy and wish (for everyone) this new year. Instead of, for example, complaining about the lame party you’re glad you weren’t invited to. Until then (This essay is being written on…
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Why isn’t the definitively positive word “longevity” universally used as a replacement for the generally negative “aging”? And why is “senior,” which research shows is not favored by boomers, still used to label older people? The mostly likely reasons: inconvenience…
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Imagine a world without “seniors.” No more senior citizens, senior discounts, senior living and senior centers, senior advocates. Oh yeah, no more senior moments. Older adults and older people: You’re welcome. Use of the adjective “older” conveniently qualifies individuals with…
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Partisanship, polarization, propaganda. With diametrically opposing, often obfuscating viewpoints asserted on every issue of consequence these days, it is more difficult than ever to decipher the good and truthful from the bad and fake. Objective news coverage, reasoned debate, reasonable…
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Walking 10 miles a day for a week up and down the streets of any metropolis will inevitably yield interesting experiences and imagery. Of all big cities, there’s nowhere better than New York to wander. And to photograph. Three images…
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