Tag: Opinion
Guest Column | California’s Latino Students Shouldn’t Pay for the Failures...
Latino students are California’s present and future, now making up the majority of our public classrooms. Recognizing this reality, our state has invested in...
Guest Column | A Year of Progress During King City Beautification...
Our annual King City Beautification Week is a good time to pause and reflect on what has happened in the past year as it...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sometimes Pleasure Is Found in the...
I have a clothesline. And that is fairly rare in this modern world of electronic labor-saving devices. In the house where I rent a...
Window on the World Column | A Change Is as Good...
“A change is as good as a rest!” My Granny Evelyn used to say on occasion, and I am not sure why, because she...
Guest Column | The Beauty of Monterey County Is Its People,...
When I first moved to California, people often told me I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Now when...
Funny Papers Again Column | Rick’s Flag Fluttering O’er a Flagging...
I found Rick’s flag in seven minutes. The chances of that happening were one in over 220; sizable odds at any gaming house or...
Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate...
Summer season is here! Libraries are open and this is the best time of year to visit the library.
1. MCFL ramps up programs for...
Window on the World Column | Lucy and Her Terrible, Horrible,...
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this...
Funny Papers Again Column | Two Writers: One Contradictory, the Other...
When a writer is telling a story, varying audiences must be kept in mind, this can reveal differing descriptions of people, places and events...
Window on the World Column | My Daughter Is a Nurse
My little sister Rosie used to call my daughter a grafter, a nice London term for someone who works hard. And that has always...
