Opinion

We always clearly label Opinion Columns to ensure they won’t be mistaken for news. Our Op-Ed writers apply their professional expertise to our community’s unique challenges to promote innovative thought and encourage healthy discourse.

Opinion: Missing the “Public” In this Public Health Crisis

Our focus on “me” versus “we” created the perfect playground for this virus. A culture that fights COVID-19 with “personal responsibility” doesn’t work. Addressing a structural problem by relying on individuals is doomed to fail.

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Opinion: Time to Wake Up

It has always been ignorance of climate change that is our true enemy, not our changing climate.

Opinion: The End of the World as We Know It

We are all asleep until the smell of smoke awakens us . . . we cannot save ourselves and our children unless everyone is awake to the crisis we all collectively face.

Opinion: We the People

From the start, the United States has struggled with who “the people” actually are. Who counts? Who doesn’t? Who has “power to”? Who has “power over”?

An Interview with Tara Jean Stevens, Host of Heaven Bent

A new podcast season focused on Redding's Bethel Church releases it's first episode today, March 1st. Annelise Pierce interviews the host.

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