Opinion

If nothing else, boycotts get people talking. This year’s boycott of the Academy Awards by Jada Pinkett-Smith and other black actors did. While I agree with their reason, protesting the lack of black Oscar nominees, at least black actors and actresses in the…

As I’ve written previously, money is tight for the disabled. I make just under $900 a month in Supplemental Security Income (SSI). So the option to go past my Bachelor’s degree was never really there for me. I could have gone with…

@GLENNERGY1 A good friend of mine is a self-confessed thug. He has multiple felony convictions for drug sales, drug possession, a couple of grand thefts and burglaries. He’s turned his life around. Thanks to a 12-step program, he’s clean and sober for close to…

November’s coming, and it’s got me thinking. You’re lazy, America... Voter turnout in the U.S. is low. According to the Pew Research Center, only 56.3 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in 2012. That’s almost at the bottom of their list…

(This column took first place in opinion writing at the Journalism Association of California Community Colleges Convention in Burbank, Calif.  Schools from all over the state competed) By Glenn Wohltmann @GLENNERGY1 As Benjamin Franklin said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does…

By Nicholas Biria @NicholasBiria Gender roles play a big part in our lives every day. From the moment we wake up and get dressed for the day to how we live our lives. Now, in 2016, a lot of things have changed. I was told…

Sometimes I wonder if I’ve slipped into a parallel dimension. In this world, a buffoon can be taken seriously and become the leading political candidate despite being a documented liar and leading multiple businesses into bankruptcy, whose ludicrous ideas (such as killing the…

By Ian D. Jones Copy Editor As a disabled person, I have learned to expect questions, especially from kids… And I handle them well. Usually. I’m an introvert, so I need a lot of me time. In fact, as I’m writing this sentence, I’m alone in…

Ian D. Jones @idjonesphotog I’m nearly 40, and three of my pre-k to third grade classmates have died in the last year. It’s sobering, in the way only death or a brick to the face can be. But contrary to the popular conception of…

By Ian D. Jones @idjonesphotog There are several terms for a person who uses a wheelchair. Disabled, handicapped, crippled (shudder) and wheelchair bound (shudder again). But which one should you use? If I wanted to be glib, I’d say “use the person’s first…