Kqeds Perspectives

Larry Lee and his family are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year, but this year someone and something will be missing.

Hanna Clements-Hart is in the middle of the generational sandwich, and enjoying some unexpected gifts.

It’s a cliché, but one well worth remembering. No matter how bad you think thing are, they could always be worse. Les Bloch has this Perspective.

Our unofficial national motto is e pluribus unum, but Jim Mcclellan finds neither pluribus nor unum in our political discourse.

Pablo Quintanilla says racial deed restrictions are the ghosts that haunt Bay Area home ownership to this day.

Sandhya Acharya warms up to skiing on snowy slopes. 

Geography is often diminished to lines on maps and assorted place names. But Marilyn Englander has found that it's our own personal geography that sticks with us.

So much land was stolen from Indigenous peoples over much of American history that the debt can never be repaid. But Charlie Stephens decided he would do what he could to make amends.

It’s time for the annual resolutions, but Sara Alexander would prefer you kept yours to yourself.

Michael Ellis looks at three local green bushes with bright red berries associated with Christmas.

Susan Dix Lyons observes the shame of homelessness in the city of dreams.

Richard Chow considers the old adage that just showing up is the key to success.

High schooler Katie Lam struggles to get comfortable in her own problematic skin.

Richard Swerdlow says the holiday season has collided with the phenomenon of dressing up our pets. 

Evan Ho finds a personal message in a timeless Christmas classic.

Stephen Lavezzo gratefully remembers all his dying mother has taught him.

For Pete Gavin, an encounter with a mountain lion is a breathless moment with a magnificent animal.

The college application process stresses everyone involved and Nirmy Kang is uncomfortable with what it says about education.

A poem in a volume pulled from a bookstore shelf, helps Simone Green navigate her journey of discovery.

America and Britain may have a lot in common, but when it comes to guns and lawsuits, Richard Friedlander says we couldn't be more different.