Columnists

THE PUBLIC EYE:Meet Donald Trump

Bob Burnett
Friday July 22, 2016 - 07:20:00 AM

If you just beamed onto planet earth, you probably were shocked to learn that New Yorker Donald Trump, a celebrity entrepreneur, is the Republican presidential nominee. Here’s what you need to know about him. -more-


DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE:The Big Boom: Nukes And NATO

Conn Hallinan
Friday July 22, 2016 - 07:38:00 AM

“Today, the danger of some sort of a nuclear catastrophe is greater than it was during the Cold War and most people are blissfully unaware of this danger.” -more-


ECLETIC RANT: The Republican Convention and beyond

Ralph E. Stone
Friday July 22, 2016 - 07:59:00 AM

I cringe at the thought of a president Donald Trump representing us at home and abroad. I am registered as an independent. While I am not a big fan of Hillary Clinton, I will vote for her in November. I figure a vote for a third-party candidate or not voting at all is really a vote for Trump. By voting for Clinton, I am really voting for the democratic platform, which is not perfect, but is, as Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA13) put it, "the most progressive Democratic Party platform in history,” unlike the republican one that looks backward. The progressive nature of the platform is due in large part to Bernie Sanders. -more-


ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Surviving as a Psychiatric Consumer in Challenging Times

Jack Bragen
Friday July 22, 2016 - 08:10:00 AM

Life as a person with mental illness who doesn't live with parents or in institutional housing, and who isn't supervised, is more challenging than it was in the not so distant past. Economic conditions are harder, and we are seeing fissures and failures in the edifices of society. -more-