Tag: Opinion
Window on the World Column | The Blackout
I must have missed the memo that day. It was an important one; the one that informed me that there would be no power...
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...
Local News
Soledad man charged with lewd acts involving child
SOLEDAD — A 52-year-old Soledad man was arrested last Tuesday following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct involving an 8-year-old girl, according...
