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 Great Purification
My late friend, scholar Kurt von Meier, had the opportunity to sit down with Hopi elders during the early 1970s and discuss the state... Continue
Hating the haters
One of the toughest things about haters is hating them, finding yourself wrapped up in fear and anger you so dislike seeing in others.... Continue
I’m afraid of the big bad wolf
I happened upon an interview the other day between Chuck Todd and Chad Wolf on NBC’s Meet the Press. Wolf is the Acting Secretary... Continue
Shih the hermit
The story goes that very long ago, a hermit lived in sacred mountains, a Buddhist monk named Shih. Now, even hermits do not live entirely... Continue
The joy of chronic illness
The way TV commercials tell it, being chronically ill is nothin’ but fun! Diabetes, COPD, Heart Failure, Atrial Fib, Plaque... Continue
On Globalism
We’ve recently celebrated another July 4th, America’s independence from Great Britain. To be honest, I’ve never... Continue
From bias to bigotry
The doorbell rings and outside the door is a well-dressed young white man. How do you feel? Or, outside the door is a well-dressed... Continue
The venality of evil
In describing the bureaucratic workings of Fascism, political theorist Hannah Arendt famously referred to “the banality of evil.”... Continue
An early lesson in systemic bias
I’m a Jewish white boy who was raised in an upper middle class suburb outside of New York City where almost no black people... Continue
Just so much fertilizer
Our conceptions of joy, love, companionship, creativity, aesthetics and the like are the stuff of human culture, highly meaningful... Continue
