Tag: Opinion
Worthy to Print Column | Presidents Day
So today is Presidents Day. Well, it is as I am writing this. I can remember when I started to understand what a President...
Guest Column | Separating From Stuff Is Difficult, but Making a...
February is the month of love, and certainly not the time to talk about breakups. But when it comes to separating from all the...
Funny Papers Again Column | From Loop to Loop: Roads We...
Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to...
Worthy to Print Column | Never Give Up
How about that Super Bowl! Did you get to watch it? I can’t remember the last one that I have watched, but this one was...
Window on the World Column | The Gammy Leg
“You’re limping again,” he said (again). “YES! FULLY AWARE AGAIN OF THE FACT I’M LIMPING. DON’T MENTION IT ALL THE TIME!” (I don’t think...
Funny Papers Again Column | Me, Sir Richard and the Third...
According to English language experts, the phrase “Third time the charm” dates back to the 1800s in Old Britain when the number 3 was...
Guest Column | Let’s Not Neglect Our Real Hearts This February
We all live in a brainiac world, to be sure, but the heart remains the emotional, spiritual center of our being. It’s still such...
Worthy to Print Column | Pants on Fire
Liar, liar, pants on fire! Have you ever heard those biting words as a child? Maybe it was just a schoolyard taunt by someone...
Window on the World Column | The Soup Diaries — A...
There’s something about being an author that is very addictive. Sometimes you can be midway through the tedious proofing of a manuscript — most...
Funny Papers Again Column | America as Hostage: But Who Holds...
It is 3 a.m., this column will run Feb. 1, one week from this morning. According to statistics from 2020, by that date 868...
Local News
South Monterey County parks add communication boards
SALINAS VALLEY — Community leaders gathered last week at Soledad’s Orchard Lane Park to celebrate the installation of new Inclusive Communication Boards in parks...
