Larry Barnett lives in Sonoma where he was elected to three terms on the City Council and served twice as Mayor. He currently serves on Sonoma's Planning Commission. He has been married for 43 years, has two daughters and three grandchildren.
The “hi ya’ honeeeey” syndrome
Andrew Cuomo is just the latest high-profile man to become ensnared in the #me too movement. By today’s count four women have come... Continue
Commercial free
Our planet’s major religion is a materialist ideology that’s quickly bringing civilization to its ultimate crisis: consumerism.... Continue
America’s fight reflex
I’m unhappy about the number of times I hear the word “fight” invoked in political discourse from representatives on both sides... Continue
GOP Doublethink
When the likes of Marjory Taylor Green, the newly elected representative from Georgia, starts spouting her QAnon nonsense about Jewish... Continue
Invasion of the hippocampus snatchers
In the midst of America’s “red scare” of the 1950s, Hollywood responded with films like The Invasion of the Body Snatchers,... Continue
The banality of banality
In describing Adolph Eichmann, a Nazi officer who dutifully accounted for the genocide of nearly uncountable victims of Hitler’s... Continue
Cheerleader or Doomsayer?
When asked if he were a pessimist or an optimist, the brilliant Bucky Fuller – inventor of the geodesic dome, prefab dymaxion... Continue
Freedom, selfish and otherwise
I grew up being told that democracy is messy; the events of this year certainly prove it. The freedom to vote is not – and has... Continue
My bullet-riddled body
During my many years in local politics and as a community activist, I’ve been subject to plenty of criticism, some of it in print... Continue
Living in a doctrinal world
Our cultural narratives, and every culture has them, contain doctrines of belief. These doctrines vary, just as the original languages... Continue
