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Being Brazenly Loud for the Greater Good Mar. 02, 2025
It feels like there are people in America who wake up every morning, stretch like a cartoon villain,... Read More
Lasagna as a Sacrament Feb. 28, 2025
I never met him, though he lived the last days of his life directly across the street from me. I did... Read More
Ironically, Trump's Coup Attempt Is Uniting Americans to Fight for Their Common Good Feb. 26, 2025
The Trump-Musk administration thought they could just stomp on us and our Constitution, replacing de... Read More
'Hope Is the Counter to Fear' Feb. 24, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
One of Daishi Miguel-Tanaka's earliest memories is walking into his first-grade class in California ... Read More
How a Hate Crime Spurred This Mom To Double Down on Kindness Feb. 14, 2025
Every interaction you have creates a ripple, whether you intend it to or not. The kind of ripple you... Read More
From Stranger to Councilor Aug. 25, 2024
Therapist waiting rooms are inherently awkward. We're all working through something. I'll sit and ch... Read More
Addressing Mental Health in the Church, Part 1 Jun. 07, 2024
Toward the end of May my pastor, Overseer S.D. Carter, began a mental health series for our church, ... Read More
The Wrinkles of Legacy Apr. 07, 2024
A long time ago, a colleague from several jobs ago took a leap in vulnerability over lunch. She expl... Read More
We Must Show Up and Do Better for Our Communities Mar. 22, 2024
A big part of my job is community engagement. The opinion section of any newspaper cannot happen wit... Read More
The Impact of a Tiny Country Church Fish Fry Is Immeasurable Feb. 20, 2024
PROSPERITY, Pennsylvania — If you make a fish fry dinner, people will come for miles around. T... Read More
Please Respect Those Who Are Bad at Work This Week Jan. 06, 2024
If you are resuming responsibilities after a holiday spent flopping around like a southern elephant ... Read More
Unboggling Jan. 03, 2024
DEAR SUSAN: This isn't a "tsunami of singleness" we're seeing, it's a wave of coupledom. The push to... Read More
Low-Stakes New Year's Resolutions Dec. 30, 2023
Since the dawn of my Type-B existence, I have been a strong proponent of taking it easy around the n... Read More
Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas Movie? And Other Debates I Don't Care About Dec. 23, 2023
Is "Die Hard" a Christmas movie? Sure. OK. Yeah. It's set at Christmas. There's a dead guy in an ele... Read More
The Annual Office Holiday Party and How to Win It Dec. 21, 2023
Thank you! Everyone here at Work Daze HQ appreciates your attendance at our annual holiday party. In... Read More
What Your Holiday Potluck Dish Says About You Dec. 16, 2023
'Tis the season to spear cubes of wet potato salad from a paper plate while extracting small talk ab... Read More
Come As You Are Dec. 15, 2023
The holidays are messy. Families are messy. People are stressed and in perpetual pursuit of the recr... Read More
Looking to the Future Dec. 13, 2023
In any successful business, key people anticipate the future and make their plans accordingly. As ch... Read More
Pasadena's 110 Becomes the Destination Dec. 10, 2023
By Athena Lucero Known as "the One-10," California State Route 110 — aka Arroyo Seco Parkway,... Read More
Postponing Undependence Dec. 06, 2023
Here are some common flimsy excuses for postponing one's undependence: —Men don't like indepen... Read More
