Commentary: Where there is democracy, dignity is nourished Dennis Patrick Slattery, For the Express-News Jan. 5, 2023 A single word can spawn a host of thoughts, images and associations. As 2023 [...]
Reflections on ‘Portals to the Imaginal’ Dear Pacifica Friends, I was able to attend the in-person reopening of Pacifica’s Ladera campus. The conference, Portals to the [...]
With Sorrow We Dissent “With sorrow […] we dissent,” closes the final paragraph of the official response to the decision handed down yesterday by the Supreme Court of the United States. These [...]
Attempted scam is a lesson on fraud My goal was simple: to cancel a rental car in another city because I no longer needed it. When I called the number that I assumed would connect me with those [...]
Trust’s presence or absence will make the difference by Dennis Patrick Slattery Many will remember Ronald Reagan’s famous and oft-repeated mantra, “Trust But Verify.” He was taught this Russian [...]
Words define, or destroy, our country’s democracy Dennis Patrick Slattery, For the Express-News, Jan. 15, 2022 Some 30 years ago I developed a habit of rising early to write in my journal. I sit [...]