KQED's Perspectives

Shorey Myers hopes a big change will correct an old law governing flaming furniture.

Cruise ship horrors remind Richard Swerdlow we're all passengers on an earthly voyage.

Susan Dix Lyons sets an example for her daughter to admire.

Pat Torello finds a way to manage her chronic worrying.

Rachel Gibson asks how much kinder we would be if we knew the burdens others carry.

The lives of Al Gilbert's family and friends come together, briefly, then drift apart.

For feminists like Holly Brady, past gains can always be lost to indifference.

An encounter with a long lost acquaintance is God's way of telling Steven Moss something important.

Michael Ellis charts the exotic journey of the common strawberry.

Bob Engel considers the difference between a marriage and a domestic partnership.

Bonnie Thomas looks at Yahoo's decision to pull the plug on working from home.

Carol Denney looks at who's most likely to carry a gun and who's most likely to be killed with it.

Carol Denney looks at who's most likely to carry a gun and who?s most likely to be killed with it.

Karen Hester explores the Southern Hemisphere blissfully alone.

Tim Tosta believes mass murderers share a "narrative failure."