Acting Citizen: Let Us Consider

By James Knudsen

I am blocked. Obstructed, hindered, barricaded. From any useful thoughts on the subject of Moristotle, Morisco, Acting Citizen, Fourth Saturday, Fifth Dimension, Marilyn McCoo, Age of Aquarius…. what is the proper tone for the final musical number in Hair?
    Let us consider the plight of the artist for a moment. Tasked with bringing order to chaos, evoking thought, wrenching emotion, and creating works that will stand for eternity. Heart on sleeve, the artist plunges into the task and gives the viewer everything. If you encounter this person, run.

Goines On: Getting to agreeing to disagree

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Goines’ relative who slipped an evangelical pamphlet in with his Christmas card refused at first to discuss politics with Goines. Curbe (his name was pronounced the same as Kirby) insisted at first that they would just have to “agree to disagree.” But Goines nevertheless managed to engage Curbe in more than a dozen email exchanges in which they told each other their primary political principles. Perhaps surprisingly – and reassuringly, for the sake of family relations – they seemed to pretty much agree on the ones they actually discussed:

The Loneliest Liberal: Small change and big

It can’t be denied

By James Knudsen

This year has seen a number of changes, big and small. At the national level we are continuing to see changes as a new administration goes about trying to make a great nation great again...? At the local level, the City of Tulare saw the oldest of its three high schools officially retire its mascot and all references to the name “Redskins.”