reader-essay

How the media is tearing us apart, and how we can fix it.

By Doug Stallard I have canoed and camped along the upper Guadalupe River in Texas, albeit not in several years nor ever in the rain. It is a beautiful area and the water is refreshing, particularly in the summer. The river is lined with many trees, which spread along the

By Amy Liu Longacre Have you ever forgotten something that was really not forgotten? Something that lingers in your heart, and although it is not a verbalized, conscious part of your everyday life — is still a part of you and you know deep inside? With the many moral and ethical

By Cameron Stout What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor [and] more unashamed conversation. — Glenn Close Alcoholism, anxiety, and major depression choke my family tree like a dark, twisting vine. My father, a celebrated English professor at UC Berkeley, fought alcohol and depression for decades. In 2008, he

It’s about real people — going beyond the rhetoric of the immigration debate.

By Stout Cortez Disclaimer: This essay contains Wes Anderson spoilers, I guess, and math references, which maybe is triggering (pun intended). It is not intended for audiences who do not appreciate Bruce Springsteen. I’ve been young my entire life.  The most pointless sentence you’ve ever read, perhaps. We’

By Chris Boehm I never realized I grew up in a conservative home until I moved out of it. In 1991, I graduated from Webster High School in Webster, New York — a suburb of Rochester. We weren’t out in the hinterlands, but we were far enough outside of anywhere

By Allison Rowe We exist in a world that glorifies movement. Each beat of advancement, the rhythm of success, urges us onward to constantly pursue the next challenge, the next destination. Each triumph, however great, glows for only a moment before it's consumed by the need for more.