The decline and fall of the descendants of the Roman Empire
I used to debate one of my high school teachers about culture. As a fan of Rome, I posited it was the greatest and most consequential civilization in human history. He queried me about why. It’s laws, its size, its economy, its longevity? I suggested the clearest proof was the fact that there may be more Roman ruins remaining than from any ancient civilization in the world.
Readers share their 2023 highlights from throughout the Inland Empire
Who says there’s no good news? In response to my query here for the best thing that happened to you in 2023, responses rolled in. Some of you said your families expanded this year. “Due to happy chance, both of my daughters were married in 2023,” says Aggie Jenkins of Jurupa Valley.
After key sources bail, a reporter embraces flexibility for series on California’s juvenile justice transformation
I undertook an ambitious project for the 2023 California Health Equity Fellowship: A three-part series investigating the closure of California’s century-old juvenile state correctional institutions and scrutinizing the challenges faced by county probation departments in handling youths convicted of serious crimes like robbery, rape and murder.
Why do we build houses in the same way that we did 125 years ago?
In 1969, the federal government announced that it would hand out millions of dollars in subsidies to companies willing to try something new: build houses in factories. Then as now, America was in the throes of a housing crisis.
The cost of self-publishing
A friend (not a writer) recently asked me how much it costs to self-publish a book, understanding that I had self-published my last book. It is a question every writer, whether aspiring or already published in a different form, should know about. There are so many aspects of the question that I’m not sure where to start, but I’ll try to expand my brain enough to answer.
