Schools Should Be Safe Spaces
As we recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag, I heard car horns, megaphones, and people shouting outside: “ICE is here! Don’t come out!”
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Energy from the Sun Doesn’t Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz
Because energy is the lifeblood of our economies, the more energy that can be produced domestically, under a country’s control, the more it provides resilience and security.
Megalomania: When Grandiosity Becomes Catastrophe
Napoleon Bonaparte is perhaps the clearest historical example of megalomania in a figure of genuine talent. His early military genius was real, yet his grandiosity ultimately overshadowed it.
Did We Have to Cut Down 400 Trees to Get More Housing?
The mitigation measures do not compensate for the loss of habitat, food webs, and ecosystem functions resulting from the loss of more than 400 trees.
What Is Your Role?
It is heartbreaking to know that when we often read about in headlines is happening right here in our own community.
The Colonel, Me, and a Brave Little Girl
The key bilateral nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Russia — the New START Treaty — expired in early February of this year.
Knowing Right from Wrong, Truth from Lies
I am not red and I am not blue. I’m a window, crystal clear, and here’s my heart jutting out and my soul in pieces.
Diablo Gets Its Permits
Today, the storyline for extending the state’s five-year extension for Diablo Canyon Power Plant — originally to power the state through a summer heat wave — rests heavily on the projected need for AI Data Center power.
On Exile, Anger, and Home
I am stunned that the County of Santa Barbara has chosen to thwart my ability to build a caregiver unit on my property, the very same unit the the county approved, over three years ago, as consistent with all applicable standards.
SBPD: Stick to Local Policing
Best practices suggest the ICE agents should have cordoned off the area with tape and later utilized federal or a fed-contracted towing service to a federal facility.
