Opinion
by John Pixley Two weeks ago, it was warm enough on Friday afternoon for me to take off my shirt and just wear my overalls. What’s more, I could sit and read out in my backyard. Not bad for March 1. And it was yet another reason, or perhaps the reason, we love it here […]
City delays release of documents Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Mayor Larry Schroeder’s letter to the editor (Friday, March 8) suggesting that the city has been fully compliant with the intent and spirit of the California Public Records Act (PRA). The California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights, a California private property […]
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME The COURIER received a most scornful email this week with the subject line, “Disgusting message spread at local festival.” In it, the writer blasts Claremont for defending sexual assault and promoting a rape culture. “I was appalled to see that the Soundwave Festival held in Claremont over the weekend […]
SO LONG, RAKU Raku on Yale Avenue has closed. The space has been for lease for sometime, but the owners previously said they were looking for a new spot to lease in the Village. Raku, and its sister store Paper Star, have been located on Yale for 40 years, offering cards and unique gifts. […]
City not swayed by threat Dear Editor: As reported recently in the Claremont COURIER, the city of Claremont has received several requests seeking to obtain copies of documents related to the city’s potential acquisition of the water system in Claremont. Documents that are either produced or received by the city are generally subject to the […]
by John Neiuber, president, Claremont Heritage It seems to happen around dinnertime. The phone rings, you anticipate it to be a solicitation call of some kind and you are, unfortunately, not disappointed. Only instead of your credit card company attempting to sell you income protection or life insurance, it is a representative from a remodeling […]
Ellen Taylor’s ivory tower Dear Editor: While Ms. Ellen Taylor parroted all the left-wing talking points on gun control, what she failed to address is why she wants all of us to trade our freedom for her belief in the government somehow making us safer, which, by the way, our government is not directly responsible […]
The Daily Beast online ranked the top 25 “Amazing But Overlooked” colleges in the nation. Claremont McKenna College landed on their list of schools “You Haven’t Considered But Should.” The single greatest overlooked quality at CMC? A debtless degree. Like Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, the Daily Beast notes, is CMC has a “penchant […]
There is something positive to be said about the city of Claremont as it currently stands. The city’s portfolio is widespread, no longer so heavily dependent on auto sales or any one source of revenue. Auto Center Drive is once again bustling with business, the council just approved a new housing development off Base Line […]
by John Pixley It was Greek to me. Almost literally. It certainly wasn’t what I had in mind. This wasn’t what was in the calendar. (I double-checked and checked again.) This wasn’t a reading by Naomi Nye, a Palestinian-American poet and writer. Instead, last week at the Atheneum at Claremont McKenna College, I found myself […]
by Jan Wheatcroft As a child, my mother always made a big fuss whenever I had a birthday. It was a day just for me, without sharing with anyone. I got to choose the dinner menu, have a party and get presents. I was special. Mostly I loved it and the feeling of that day […]
Mansionization next door Dear Editor: My heart goes out to the Graber family. I suspect they have no recourse when it comes to this particular “monstrosity” being built next door. We have a world filled with people who take more than their share of the land. It was unfair for the city to approve these […]
by John Pixley Dear Flat Mom, I don’t need to tell you that, like being green, being flat isn’t easy. You’ve been telling me this since I began life as a little paper cut-out. Especially when 3D has been all the rage—although I recently heard that those movies aren’t quite so popular now. There was […]
By Kathryn Dunn I woke Tuesday morning with a peculiar feeling. After more than 20 years of Tuesday newspaper production, it dawned on me that this would be my last. Since the fall of 1991, minus some years of maternity leave and child-rearing, I have spent nearly every Tuesday parked in front of a computer […]
by Mellissa Martinez Many consider February to be a time for warm fires, chocolates, love proclamations and romance. This month is so synonymous with amour that it’s hard to imagine hunkering down for a long Valentine’s weekend of rigorous spring-cleaning. What about bathing under a torrent of rain or praying for atonement the entire month? […]
by Jan Wheatcroft DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS…. I was in Sweden staying with my Swedish friends, Susanna and Christer. They were planning to move and were looking for a house in the country and were juggling their finances to see what they could afford to buy. One day, we had an outing to a small […]