Tag: Opinion
Worthy to Print Column | Happy New Year
I won’t ask you about how your New Year is or will be. Shoot, I don’t think anyone is enjoying our holidays when you...
Funny Papers Again Column | By Whatever Name You Please, He...
I was reading about the origins of Christmas and the various ways the day is celebrated around the world. It is a day with...
Funny Papers Again Column | Solstice, Schmolstice … Give Me a...
I loathe the 24 hours of Dec. 21-22, 2021. And it has nothing to do with this year. I hate Dec. 21 every year...
Guest Column | Successes Lead to Bright Future for Rural Health...
As we gather during the holidays and bid farewell to another year under the shadow of the pandemic, I wanted to shine a light...
Worthy to Print Column | Finding the Perfect Gift
I want to tell you “Merry Christmas” and send out the love of my family and our wishes that you and your family enjoy...
Funny Papers Again Column | Note to Founding Fathers: ‘You Didn’t...
It’s 3:17 a.m. early Wednesday morning, nine hours before deadline for this column and I haven’t 1,000 cohesive words anywhere in my head: not...
Worthy to Print Column | A Day in My Life
Now, where was I… Dick pulled up to me on the highway and told me to put it second gear and “Get on it!”...
Window on the World Column | Find Your Passion
“Why do you like it so much?” he asked. You could ask a lot of people that same question and they wouldn’t be stumped...
Funny Papers Again Column | Missouri and Florida: Never the Twain...
I have always enjoyed words and how they are used, but as I have not kept up on the grammatical, I frankly admit to...
Worthy to Print Column | The Good Ones Always Leave Early
In 1940, American author Ernest Hemingway wrote a book named “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” It wasn’t his best book, but it had a...
Local News
Early winegrape harvest begins in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY — The 2026 winegrape harvest is underway in the Santa Lucia Highlands and across Monterey County, with some growers reporting one of...
