Tag: Opinion
Funny Papers Again Column | A Black Lawman and a White...
Once again as I sit down at my laptop, gather myriad notes on scraps of paper, lay my cell phone next to me for...
Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate...
March is when spring officially begins with the Vernal Equinox on March 20 and we spring forward with our clocks on March 8.
1. At...
Window on the World Column | Friendsies Til the Endsies
When you have been friends for the best part of six decades, you finish each other’s sentences, you have a lifetime of inside jokes,...
Guest Column | Restored Funding Needed for Rural Crime Prevention
Farming is often thought of as a way of life and not just a job. Many California farm families have been living this life...
Guest Column | The Benefits of Receiving Transitional Care Close to...
When someone is recovering from major surgery, an injury or an illness, the care they receive plays a critical role in healing, regaining strength...
Window on the World Column | Struggling to Make Peace
“Struggling to make peace with the irreparable…”
I read this line somewhere after the kind of week that will turn you into a zombie —...
Funny Papers Again Column | Seven Days in February
Just because February is the shortest month of the year, the calendar reveals it is not without some very interesting and varied days of...
Letter to the Editor | Faith and Action Urged on Ash...
To the Editor:
Today is Ash Wednesday, the day Christians are reminded they will return to the dust from which their sacred teachings say they...
Letter to the Editor | Trump’s Policies and Actions Raise Alarm
To the Editor:
I wrote two letters to the Rustler/Tribune on April 2, 2025, and Nov. 6, 2025. I wrote about fascism, totalitarian government and...
Funny Papers Again Column | Just the Facts, Ma’am
“Facts you wish were true. The news.” That line was uttered by a comedian, don’t ask me the name because I rarely recall anything...
Local News
Salinas man pleads no contest in violent May 2025 domestic incident
SALINAS VALLEY — A Salinas man has pleaded no contest to multiple charges stemming from a May 2025 incident in which he stabbed his...
