Tag: Opinion
Window on the World Column | Summer Travel Woes 2022
I am a British Citizen, born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, in 1963. I have lived in the USA since 1988 and have been a dual...
Funny Papers Again Column | Disunion, Union and Serenity
For the past few weeks I have been telling everyone I think cares to hear it that if they want to enjoy the Arroyo...
Letter to the Editor | The Importance of Self-care
To the Editor:
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, I wanted to emphasize the importance of self-care. It is important to raise...
Worthy to Print Column | The Eternal Flame
If you have read any of my scribbling over time, you know I’m a lifelong conservative. I don’t know exactly when I discovered this....
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....
Local News
Monterey County Government Center to reopen Tuesday
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Government Center at 168 W. Alisal St. in downtown Salinas will reopen for normal business operations Tuesday, Sept. 22,...
