Barb Guy's Trib Columns

All of Barb Guy's columns appear here. There are 159 of them, beginning in 2003 and ending in 2013. The newest one is on top and you can work your way backwards if you like.

Mar 22, 2009
2 min

Reconnecting across the years through cyberspace

I never meant to join Facebook. From time to time people invited me to sign up for the Internet social-networking site so I could become...

Mar 8, 2009
3 min

Proud newspaper tradition more humble these days

I loved newspapers long before I began writing for one. I was one of those kids perched on a bar stool, feet dangling, reading the paper...

Feb 22, 2009
3 min

A safe place for traumatized folks who battle mental illness

Eleisha is friendly and open in conversation even though we’ve only met once before. She's soft-spoken, candid and confident. What...

Jan 18, 2009
3 min

A very sweet inaugural indeed

“The Other Inaugural,” a poster in our living room, is a memento from my time in Washington, DC. It's a print by Garry Trudeau, creator...

Dec 21, 2008
3 min

Those with little often give much

“Dark, sweet cherries, 2 pounds for $43…. Giant strawberries, 1.5 pounds for $55. …Black mission figs, 1.5 pounds for $50…. Royal...

Dec 10, 2008
3 min

Let's call a truce on the imagined war over Christmas

I don't know why everything looks like war to some people. What Sen. Chris Buttars sees as a war on Christmas I see as an effort to be...

Nov 23, 2008
3 min

Obama's election has produced an ugly backlash

The downtown neurosurgeon's waiting room needed a style makeover but at least the magazines were current and they had The New Yorker. ...

Nov 9, 2008
3 min

Election is over, now we know: Yes, we can!

Jubilation, ecstasy, elation, prayerful gratitude, drunken giddiness, righteous celebration, overwhelming joy. Laughing-crying happiness....

Oct 26, 2008
3 min

Republicans are real Americans, Democrats are too

Thank heavens I saw “Boogie Man” last week; it was good prep. It’s a documentary about Lee Atwater, Republican Party dirty-trickster,...

Sep 28, 2008
3 min

Women, don't be fooled - Sarah Palin is a bridge to nowhere

Barracuda. A slimy predator. One thing about the barracuda: She has inspired a lot of new feminists, such as Sean Hannity and John...

Sep 28, 2008
3 min

I (heart) Barack Obama

I’ve received so many invitations this week! When you write a column saying what you think of Sarah Palin that can happen. A lot of the...

Aug 24, 2008
3 min

Evidence of our national stupidity just keeps piling up

A helpful postcard from Sen. Orrin Hatch arrived the other day. The topic: the upcoming transition to digital television. Hatch wrote...

Aug 10, 2008
2 min

Text-messaging while driving exacts a terrible toll

I was just sitting here at my computer when word came that Stacy had died. Even worse, she had died a year ago but I just found out. ...

Jul 20, 2008
3 min

My cancer year taught me how lucky I really am

I’ve waited a year to write today’s column. When diagnosed with breast cancer last July, I talked with friends who went before me. ...

Jun 16, 2008
3 min

Gays’ struggle to wed echoes interracial unions

On June 12, 1959, my parents, Richard and Mildred, got married. Another Richard and Mildred, this pair in Virginia, were married the...

May 28, 2008
3 min

After hijacking U.S. for almost eight years, Bush is finally irrelevant

I’m sure you remember a hijacking years ago that changed everything in our country. After that terrible event, the feelings toward us of...

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