Jeff Golden

Previous Columns

• Instead of 'They lost, so this is their problem'
  

  Talk Newspaper: How do communities come back together after a fight?

• Calling all citizens
  

  Talk Newspaper: I take it as our duty in a democracy (or 'democratic republic,' if you like) to watch out for the next guy's right to speak freely.

• And after we give up talking?
  

  Talk Newspaper: One premise underlying the notion of democracy is that we're able to talk to each other.

• Maybe an elite state job is bonus enough
  

  Talk Newspaper: Want to start up a conversation at your next party that won't bore anyone?

• Living out what we pledge
  

  Talk Newspaper: A news story this week blew the whistle on a country that punishes children who refuse to stand and swear loyalty to its flag.

• Confidence in what?
  

  Talk Newspaper: We're told this is bad news.

• Wake up and smell the smoke
  

  Talk Newspaper: That's what today could have been like if the fire that broke out Monday near Siskiyou Boulevard and Tolman Creek had originated one...

• It's more than a bike ride
  

  Talk Newspaper: More than once this week I got a standing, whistling, full-throated ovation from a crowd of admirers as I rolled into their small...

• Why do bosses pick up the tab?
  

  Talk Newspaper: Maybe it's not smart to expect employers, with their hands full figuring out how to survive this economy, to look out for our...

• Do you really have to close the doors?
  

  Talk Newspaper: Hold every single council conversation on public nudity policy in fully open sessions, in front of everyone who wants to listen.

• Your turn on disposable bag fees
  

  Talk Newspaper: Last week's column on Seattle's rejection of a 20-cent fee on disposable shopping bags set loose a wave of comments, ranging from...