Author Archives: Don Miller
President and the pulpit
Could it be that President Obama may have a problem with black voters this fall? You wouldn’t think so, but the president’s somewhat forced endorsement last week of gay marriage almost immediately got him in trouble with black ministers, some … Continue reading
Random and senseless: Death in the streets
The following is the Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial for May 9, 2012 First, we acknowledge that much still remains unknown about the shocking and random murder of a local business owner Monday in broad daylight on a well-traveled Santa Cruz … Continue reading
Charles Colson’s changed life of repentance
2008 speech If he had been reading the Sentinel Sunday, would Charles Colson have been amused by the headline on his obituary? “Convicted Watergate figure dies at 80.” Yes, that was true. And the media never forgets, and some people … Continue reading
Up on Cripple Creek: Levon Helm dies at 71
Watch Quick Hits: Levon Helm Performs “Ophelia” on PBS. See more from Sound Tracks. Levon Helm’s voice was among the most memorable in music. I can still remember the first time I heard Levon Helm, who died today at 71 … Continue reading
Mercy triumphs judgment
Sentinel photo/Bill Lovejoy It’s easy to scapegoat people living on the edges of society’s lower rung — and easier yet to mock the local residents who choose to serve them. But it’s way more difficult to help the marginalized find … Continue reading
Election 2012: Sentinel coverage plans
Maybe it’s just the blurring of time as I get older, but doesn’t it seem like … yesterday … that hope and change and Barack Obama, much less the entrance and exit of Sarah Palin along with the doom-gloom of … Continue reading
Lightning does strike twice: Thunderstorm, Lockyer and Kinkade
Photo by Phil McGrew Wow, was that a Midwestern-style thunderstorm or what early this morning? Don’t get a lot of these, but if you were awake — and I couldn’t help but be — around 1 or 2 a.m., it … Continue reading
Razor cut
Think the media world is cutthroat? Consider what happened this week to Ralph Barbieri, AKA “The Razor,” the longtime radio evening-slot talk show co-host on KNBR. According to Barbieri, as told to the San Jose Mercury News, he showed up … Continue reading
Speed trap for new iPad
Everyone — OK, tech obsessed Apple junkies — by now has heard of how the new (should that be a capital N?) iPad is throwing off thermonuclear heat, probably due to the amount of gee wizardry stuff packed into the … Continue reading
Ban the bags, but do it statewide
Plastic bag and owner on Pacific Avenue/Shmuel Thaler, Sentinel photo The ban on plastic bags is such a good idea that it should be adopted everywhere. But that’s not the case — and the result is playing out in Santa … Continue reading
