by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
Washington, D.C. If you wish to become an optimist and understand life, stop believing what people say and write, observe and discover for yourself. — Chekhov Howard Beach, Central Park, Bensonhurst: These tragic events are fact, they are indisputable. I believe. But...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
Washington, D.C. How dismaying to see Pete Wilson recant. When he was Mayor of San Diego in the 1970’s and early 80’s, he developed a nationally acclaimed affirmative action program. “It must come from the heart,” he once told the City Council, “but we must have goals...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Essay
Winning isn’t everything, football coaches likes to say. It’s the only thing. But music is supposed to be different. With music, if you don’t make it to Carnegie Hall, there’s a consolation prize—you can still play for your own enjoyment. Music, after all, has charms...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Essay
What the madeleine conjured for Proust, Ohio conjures for me: memories of hot and happy summers on my grandparents’ farm where I, a “townie” from the West Coast, milked cows, gathered eggs, caught fireflies, made dolls from hollyhocks and nightly with Grandma whipped...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
LACEY, WASH. – The death and destruction of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, then the anthrax scare, and who knows what next have shaken Americans to the core. To allay the fear, and deny the terrorists’ objective of miring us in it, we have been advised...
