Tag: Opinion
Funny Papers Again Column | Personal Reactions to an Unanticipated Comment...
The first part of today’s Funny Papers Again column is an off-handed comment on the present politically charged situation, so if you are as...
Guest Column | Strong Mind, Strong Body: Why Men’s Health Deserves...
While conversations around health are becoming more inclusive, many men still face social and internal pressures that discourage them from prioritizing their well-being. Men’s...
Worthy to Print Column | It’s a surprise!!!
“Hey honey, would you come into the kitchen?” This was how I was greeted as my bride was standing there with a cup of...
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...
Local News
Monterey County Sheriff’s Office investigating suspicious death in Ventana Wilderness
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in the Sykes Hot Springs area of the Ventana Wilderness in the...
