Larry Barnett lives in Sonoma where he was elected to three terms on the City Council and served twice as Mayor. A thirty-three-year resident, he currently serves as Chair of Sonoma's Planning Commission. He has been married for 48 years, has two daughters and three grandchildren.
Taking care of business
While walking down a busy street the other day I felt reminded of leaf cutter ants. Leaf cutters leave their jungle nest each day... Continue
Should public hate speech be illegal?
Our American culture famously celebrates freedom of expression. Freedom of speech is invoked as a catch-all justification for the... Continue
It’s all Greek to us
Are you a Stoic or an Epicurean? Maybe you’re a Cynic, or a combination of all three. However you think of yourself, it’s likely... Continue
The opposite of woke
The word “woke” is getting lots of airtime these days. The GOP uses it derisively as an insult, indicating that woke is synonymous... Continue
Dharma Barbie
While headed to our town’s historic one-screen movie house the Sebastiani Theatre to see Barbie, in walking meditation I purposefully... Continue
Enough?
In a recent essay about how consumerism is ecocide, I introduced the topic of “enough,” that unless humanity can stem its seemingly... Continue
An ugly cost of green energy
As per usual, we’re rushing into adopting new technologies without considering the true costs or ramifications. The explicit order,... Continue
When the hypothetical becomes real
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that a web designer is entitled to refuse to create a website for a same-sex... Continue
Turn on, tune in, be woke
Is today’s anti-woke movement just a continuation of the anti-hippie movement that began in the 1960s? At that time, the collision... Continue
Consciousness without intellect
In a previous column about consciousness, I proposed that it is a matter of degree, stretching from the microscopic to the macroscopic,... Continue
