Tag: Opinion
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....
Funny Papers Again Column | A Little Insider’s Look at Fair...
So, another Fair has rolled into town and out again. And it was a good one, at least for me. It is the reason...
Window on the World Column | Day in the Life of...
As I sat on the shore watching my old friend and my daughter cavorting on paddleboards in the early morning sun, the North Sea...
Funny Papers Again Column | Soapbox Rants 1 and 2, With...
At the end of this month, Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. on the northeast corner of Broadway and North Vanderhurst, city officials will...
Local News
Greenfield man admits to prison smuggling scheme
GREENFIELD — A former California prison lieutenant from Greenfield pleaded guilty Oct. 20 to conspiring to smuggle contraband into Salinas Valley State Prison in...
