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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Richard Swerdlow witnesses what many others call a common occurrence – retail rip-offs. It was a quick run to pick up a few things, to one of those national chain drugstores found in every neighborhood in San Francisco. As I browsed shaving cream, a man in the cosmetics aisle began shoving items into a backpack. … Continue reading Retail Rip-Offs: Richard Swerdlow →
A trip to the beach enables Jennifer Liss to go back in time. Last week I learned how to time travel. After I finished work in the afternoon, my family drove to the coast from Santa Rosa, via the Bodega Highway, as we’ve done dozens of times. When we descended down to Doran Beach, everything … Continue reading Jennifer Liss: Time Travel →
Peter Gavin answers insomnia with a comfy chair, a good book, a contented dog and the silence of deep night.
U.S. Catholic bishops have moved to deny Holy Communion to pro-choice Catholics like President Biden. George Woyames has this Perspective. I am a pro‐choice Catholic, and a partner in a same sex marriage, attending a parish in San Francisco, for 36 years. Until the onset of the pandemic, as a lay Eucharistic minister, I distributed … Continue reading George Woyame: Weaponizing Holy Communion →
When Maxine Rose Schur needs to clear her mind she heads straight for the foggiest part of San Francisco – the Sunset District.
Jim McClelland turns to an ancient Japanese art for hope that a broken country can be repaired, and better for it.
Marilyn Englander says backpacking will teach you the value of every drop of water.
Paul Staley says the Declaration of Independence asserts the right to pursue happiness, not attain it.
Victor Schachter suggests the Declaration of Independence could use an update to reflect modern realities.
Celeste Dubois says that sometimes it's the teachers who learn from their students.
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau carves up the notion that eating meat is manly.
Debbie Duncan says acknowledging three good things a day keeps the blues away.
Dr. Marcelle Taylor Dougan struggles to protect her children from racism.
It’s the time of year when highly informed lovers of forest fungi forage for their favorites, and Peggy Hansen is one of them.
YR Media's Valeria Araujo is rethinking her future at Mills College in Oakland.
