Calmes: Francis spoke clearly. It would be a miracle if the administration listened
If I believed in miracles as strongly as I did as a Catholic school student, I could hope that Vice President JD Vance would be transformed by his audience with ...
Tag: Contributors
Contributor: Trump 1.0 walked away from an Iran deal. The road back will be long
Are the United States and Iran, adversaries for more than 45 years, on the cusp of striking a new nuclear agreement? After two rounds of indirect diplomacy between high-ranking officials ...
Column: Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a criminal? Great question
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a good person? I don’t know. In 2021 his wife petitioned for, and received, an order of protection against him after she alleged domestic violence; she ...
Contributor: Save the Earth’s ‘creepy-crawlies.’ Some of them just might save us
When I was a child, I visited the village in India where my father grew up. As we strolled down dirt roads, he reminisced on his barefoot youth. I don’t ...
Contributor: Pope Francis’ enduring message — unite to heal God’s Earth
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, honored Francis of Assisi with the name he selected for himself when he was elected as pope in 2013. The pope’s namesake, Saint Francis, ...
Contributor: RFK Jr.’s rhetoric masks the real tragedy people with autism are facing
As the leader of a nonprofit that supports thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities across Los Angeles County, I’ve seen firsthand the strength, resilience and dignity of families ...
Contributor: Hegseth purged two of my books on race. Did he actually read them?
Two of my books are among the 381 volumes that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered removed from the library of the U.S. Naval Academy because they were deemed to ...
Contributor: Excavating the burn layer in Altadena
Every archaeologist remembers the first time they came to a layer of blackened dirt while excavating. For me it was at Tel Halif, in southern Israel. I was crouching in ...
Contributor: Inspiration from the species that can live 1,000 years and put down a new set of roots anytime
For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs recently, ...
Granderson: Celebrating suffragists and trying to disenfranchise women? That takes some cognitive dissonance
There’s not much room in my life for people who don’t love “The Wire.” And yes, I used present tense in reference to a television show that aired its final ...
