My Campaign Promise(s) to YOU: “It’s gonna hurt!”

I went to a public meeting to discuss ways to reengineer a major street in Davis, CA (my home town). The stretch of the street in question has one of the highest accident rates in the city.  It is designed for curb to curb automobile use and bicyclists and pedestrians use and cross it at [...]

The Meaning of the Cross: The consequences of the human quest for autonomy and what has been done to set things right.

Warning: Christian Theological Stuff Ahead. Not for all tastes… I – A Song from My Childhood (and a question) Among my earliest memories. I will sing of my Redeemer, And His wondrous love to me; On the cruel cross He suffered, From the curse to set me free. Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer, With [...]

Justice in the Time of Pepper Spray

Everyone knows (or assumes they know) what happened in Davis on that Friday afternoon (given that it has all gone “viral” there is no need to rehash the events here). And most people have an idea about what needs to happen now. But do we really know what happened beyond what our eyes and ears [...]