Letter: Don’t raise rent rates
Don’t raise rent rates Because San Francisco has become a place where they have the highest rent in the country, many people are moving to other places. I see Solano County starting to raise apartment rates, trying to do what they do in San Francisco. There are so many people on fixed incomes that are […]
Voice of the Village: The Generosity Economy
By Judie Donaldson Have you ever heard of “the generosity economy”? I hadn’t until I became familiar with Buddhism. It’s pretty darn impressive. Let me explain. In the Buddhist community, learning about the Buddhist philosophy and principles is a central activity. Needless to say, then, Buddhist teachers are valued. And can you imagine this? They […]
Poetry Corner: Katrina Monroe “No More (Dedicated to the Parkland School Victims)”
Their young bones cry out to the world, “Why?” Their please echo down the corridors of a building so anguished it closed its doors forever, its sounds of laughter extinguished. The learning and camaraderie gone, a symbolic tomb for those whose tender bodies were carried away. The young man in his loneliness cries, “Why?” Hearing […]
Benicia Forum on Nuclear Power: New nuclear posture, old justification
By Ryan Swan Special to the Herald The 2014 Ukraine crisis, the 2016 election meddling and the ongoing developments in Syria are all surface representations of a waxing tension with Russia, revitalized from its brief post-1991 latency. The recent imagery of Russian rockets allegedly impervious to anti-missile defense systems raining down on Florida, however, brings […]
Letter: Come to the march
Come to the march I urge all residents– including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, students, senior citizens, and yes, gun owners, and anyone who believes too many children have been victimized and/or killed due to gun violence– to participate in the Benicia March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24. Join us at 10 a.m. as […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of March 25, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Benicia Population 10,000 (March 25, 1943) Basing the population on the 7650 registration for ration books, it is estimated that a conservative figure of the number of people living in Benicia is approximately 10,000. The figure is arrived at on a basis of the number of registrations at […]
Photo: Benicia man celebrates 100 years
A Vibrant Faith for the 21st Century: Descriptive truth and prescriptive truth
By Rev. Henry Sun Special to the Herald Early on in my study of ethics, I was introduced to the leap of faith that is required by any moral decision. For example, one can claim that murder is wrong. (For the record, I agree.) Nonetheless, the claim that any specific murder is wrong is an […]
Gallerie Renee Marie invites artists to submit work for ‘The Art of the Book’ exhibit
First juried show to feature art created from books By Vicki Byrum Dennis Special to the Herald Gallerie Renee Marie has issued a Call for Entry for its first juried show, “The Art of the Book,” which opens May 11 and runs until June 9. Altered book and mixed media artist LorriMarie Jenkins will be […]