KQED's Perspectives
Summary: Perspectives is KQED Public Radio's series of daily commentaries by our listeners. Essays cover a broad range of social and political issues, cultural observations and personal experiences of interest to KQED's Northern California audience.
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Harsh times have Larry Lee yearning for a strong dose of the humility and kindness of Mr. Rogers.
Pete Gavin's new job delivering medications has him feeling connected to others.
Everywhere he looks, Richard Swerdlow sees ex-Christmas trees dumped on the sidewalk.
The world is full of busy, buzzing doers. But Lane Parker calmly weights when might be the right time to do most anything.
When he was down and out, a friend helped him feed his kids, even though she didn’t have to. It was a kindness Lloyd Jones has never stopped repaying.
Ellen Greenblatt considers the profound personal loss of the people behind the statistics.
Marcy Fraser was an AIDS nurse throughout that plague. Now she reaches out to all nurses on the frontlines of a new scourge.
On Christmas morning, millions of gifts will be unwrapped. But Heidi Swillinger has had her small but favorite gift for many years.
Sandhya Acharya says that when life gives you rain, its best to play in a lake, if you just know how.
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau looks at how we remember the animals we have loved.
Thomas Plante says a recent surgeon general report is raising the alarm about the state of youth mental health.
With cheerful moments in short supply, Evan Ho finds respite in a middle school concert.
Growing up, Jaime Flores didn't have the places to play with his peers that others take for granted.
High school senior Ellie Lauter discovers the key to reconnect with her declining grandmother—music.
Middle school boys eagerly take to Marilyn Englander's lessons in the art of needle and thread.
