Tag: Opinion
Funny Papers Again Column | A Hapless Man, a Hopeless Leader...
The headline reads simply “Funny Papers June 18 2025.” Below the headline there is a blank page where on the left margin, expecting to...
Window on the World Column | 15 Years Is a Long...
Fifteen years is a long time; but is it? Time compresses and expands like an accordion, often catching you off guard. A memory popped...
Guest Column | 5 Things for June from Monterey County Free...
Happy June! At Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL), we are really excited because it’s time for the Summer Reading Club. Summer is the best...
Funny Papers Again Column | Today’s Opinion Column Offers Some Opinions...
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it...
Guest Column | How Farmworkers Outlawed ‘El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago
For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as “El Cortito,” was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long, Slow-Flowing River — and...
I received an email from a fellow who lives out Jolon way, in which I was asked about a situation I had never really...
Window on the World Column | The Grave Digger
It is our family custom, after the passing of a loved one, that we gather together and celebrate the life of that person. Whether...
Guest Column | The Impact of Medicare on the Health and...
In rural America, hospitals are more than healthcare providers — they are pillars of their communities. They deliver essential medical services, create jobs and...
Funny Papers Again Column | An End to May Columns —...
It is a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning and I don’t have a column written for the noon deadline. In fact, I have...
Worthy to Print Column | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Hello, Neighbors. A couple of things have happened the past couple of weeks that boggles the mind or at least in my mind anyway....
Local News
Miss Salinas Valley Fair competition opens for 2026 applicants
SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Fair is now accepting applications for the 2026 Miss Salinas Valley Fair Competition, offering young women the chance to...
