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Category: Current Affairs

History book section of a bookstore
January 16, 2026January 23, 2026 Matthew Arnold Stern

When this is all over

Writing Escape from Arzack's Castle at a local Panera.
January 8, 2026January 16, 2026 Matthew Arnold Stern

“There are four lights!”

"Are we the baddies" meme
January 3, 2026January 8, 2026 Matthew Arnold Stern

All of us are the baddies

A darkened 2026
December 16, 2025December 21, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Beware of 2026

The worst people who ever lived
November 20, 2025December 2, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Gratitude prevents us from becoming like them

Panelists at the Indie Author Day panel (L-R): Matthew Arnold Stern, Rachel Beck, Jessica Valenzuela, and Melissa Adylia Calasanz
November 18, 2025November 20, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

AI and human connection

Self-portrait, a year later
November 5, 2025November 9, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Goodbye, revisited

El Toro High School BullETin staff, 2011
October 2, 2025November 18, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Fight media bias by teaching journalism

Wildfire in South Orange County, September 2024
September 21, 2025September 29, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Wildfires

September 6, 2025September 14, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

License to be cruel

Stars of our high school production of Dames at Sea.
August 12, 2025August 25, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Making a difference and Dames at Sea

Myself, my granddaughter, and my son at Dodger Stadium
August 3, 2025August 12, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

Why I fight

California Flag
July 8, 2025July 17, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

California must lead, not leave

An American flag off the back of a boat
July 3, 2025July 8, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

The end of American innocence

Caricature of a villain (image from Wikipedia)
July 1, 2025July 3, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

My most villainous villain

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