Tag: Opinion
Window on the World Column | The Highs and the Low...
There is something about the silence of an empty house that is so comforting it is almost not empty at all. When the voices...
Funny Papers Again Column | Crime and Punishment
For this week’s column I had a nice little piece forming about how to get on national television and make a fool of one’s...
Worthy to Print Column | A Mother’s Love
This is a story I wrote 20 two years ago. I wrote it to honor my mother on Mother’s Day. She didn’t know I...
Window on the World Column | You Are Not a Tree…
I saw this line on social media and I loved it so much. Too many people in the free world complain about where they...
Funny Papers Again Column | All’s Fair in Love’n the Fair...
(NOTE: After completing this column, I was informed there will not be a talent show at this year’s Salinas Valley Fair, but I’m going...
Funny Papers Again Column | Looking Back and Seeing Ahead
Before I get into the bits and pieces of today’s column, let me offer a mea culpa regarding some misinformation in last week’s column....
Worthy to Print Column | Thank You to All the Fallen
As I get older, I find myself forgetting even the simplest of things. Do you ever have that problem? I guess it is like...
Guest Column | Make Your Voice Heard Through Health Survey
Throughout the pandemic, collaboration became a key element in the daily fight against the virus. It allowed Monterey County health care organizations, government agencies...
Letter to the Editor | Still Seeking Justice for Our Son
To the Editor:
May 4, 2004, was the day our lives changed forever. That was the day we found our son, Ricky, murdered. Anyone who...
Funny Papers Again Column | Tis the Time to Gather and...
The body politic of a school campus is known as the student union, so it follows that when a class graduates from the institution,...
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...
