Cannabis meeting at Rossmoor Benicia residents, especially seniors and veterans, with an interest in how cannabis works to relieve pain, inflammation, and stress are invited to attend the next meeting of the Rossmoor Medical (Cannabis) Club, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, Diablo Room, Hillside Clubhouse, 7:15 p.m. The guest lecturer is an expert botanist/herbalist. You will […]
Counseling Matters: Attend college OR learn a trade?? A false choice!
Love it or leave it! You’re either with me or a’gin me. Either we walk or take a taxi! Each of these examples is a blatant fallacy: what critical skills people and rhetoricians label “a classic false-choice” proposition. (Want more? Listen to politicians of all stripes talking in front of crowds….). Another instance of a […]
Letter: Like-minded groups are good
Like-minded groups are good Benicia is run by democratic principles; fair elections, free press, open government. Complaints about agendas and biases and quasi-shadow interest groups miss the point. Of course there are diverse opinions, and of course,there are groups formed of people with like minds. How else would issues be brought to light, examined and […]
Letter: Whose city is this?
Whose city is this? It seems like a simple enough question, but is it? Benicia appears to be in the process of being taken away by what I call quasi-shadow government groups. The simple explanation of a shadow government is they are run by non-elected officials who are bound together by a common cause or […]
A Vibrant Faith for the 21st Century: Troubling Old Testament texts
“Then David said to Nathan, ‘I have sinned against the Lord.’ Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die’” (2 Samuel 12:13-14 [New International Version]). “Parents are not […]
Letter: They got the Beat
They got the Beat Kudos to our great community for coming out to support the “Gimme A Beat” benefit concert at Lucca Bar & Grill last Wednesday to help fund music programs at Mary Farmar Elementary School. Fun was had by all, including the kids. Music is such an integral part of a child’s growth. […]
Letter: FDA and cannabis
FDA and cannabis An ongoing tsunami of support for patient-centered medicinal cannabis is continuing to spread across our nation. Thirty states now have approved regulated medicinal access recommended by a clinician, the most recent being deep red Oklahoma, after voters there approved medicinal only just last month. Four more typically conservative states are putting medicinal […]
Stewart Hall: What I took away from attending a City Council meeting
By Stewart Hall Special to the Herald On July 17, I was able to attend the Benicia City Council meeting. It had been several months since attending meetings after the yearlong debate over cannabis. After seeing how that topic and how it was handled, I considered not attending or witnessing another session. I read in […]
Letter: Actions matter, so do words
Actions matter, so do words A recent op-ed (“Trump the Puppet? Words speak louder than action, it seems,” July 22) said we should look at Trump’s actions and not words in deciding if he is under Putin’s influence. I think the president’s words matter, and coupled with some the actions he has taken, we can […]
Devon Minnema: Dixon vice mayor’s controversial comments not reflective of today’s generation
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the unfortunate role of needing to defend my hometown and constituents. First defending them from our own Vice Mayor Ted Hickman for a column he wrote in the Dixon Independent Voice calling for a “Straight Pride American Month,” and then from the dozens of emails echoing him that […]