by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
GIG HARBOR, WASH.—In the aftermath of the murderous Tucson shootings, conservatives have been assiduously making the point that the shooter now in custody is suffering from mental illness, unconnected – unconnected, they insist – with any political ideology. Yet...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
by Carla Lofberg Valenta If the executive offices of the company where you work have the aspect of a “men’s club,” then it is not very likely that any “affirmative action” will originate from within the “club.” For it is the...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
“Inseparable.” That describes my husband and me—the public image and, better yet, the private reality. So why were we separated nine months last year? Why eight months in store this year? Why, subtracting it all up, has nearly half of our five-year...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
A family—a “nice” family—is out for a walk in the park. They stroll by a Cinco de Mayo fiesta noisily underway. Without breaking stride, the parents—“nice” people, really—glance at each other. One of them raises an eyebrow and murmurs, “Different, aren’t they?” The...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
Washington, D.C. After great pain, a formal feeling comes. — Emily Dickinson It was with commemoration in mind that I attended the unveiling of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Thought the war’s validity is contested still, and though I myself did some of the...
by Carla Seaquist | Mar 18, 2020 | Op-ed
My husband, commanding officer of a U.S. warship, has returned from operations in the “tanker war” in the Persian Gulf. His purpose there was defense and deterrence. While he was away, I too became involved in defense and deterrence here on the home front: I found...
