Tag: Opinion
Guest Column | How Farmworkers Outlawed ‘El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago
For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as “El Cortito,” was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long, Slow-Flowing River — and...
I received an email from a fellow who lives out Jolon way, in which I was asked about a situation I had never really...
Window on the World Column | The Grave Digger
It is our family custom, after the passing of a loved one, that we gather together and celebrate the life of that person. Whether...
Guest Column | The Impact of Medicare on the Health and...
In rural America, hospitals are more than healthcare providers — they are pillars of their communities. They deliver essential medical services, create jobs and...
Letter to the Editor | SMCRWF Thanks Community for Support
To the Editor:
On behalf of the members of the Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated, I would like to sincerely thank everyone for the...
Funny Papers Again Column | An End to May Columns —...
It is a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning and I don’t have a column written for the noon deadline. In fact, I have...
Worthy to Print Column | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Hello, Neighbors. A couple of things have happened the past couple of weeks that boggles the mind or at least in my mind anyway....
Funny Papers Again Column | A Little Insider’s Look at Fair...
So, another Fair has rolled into town and out again. And it was a good one, at least for me. It is the reason...
Window on the World Column | Day in the Life of...
As I sat on the shore watching my old friend and my daughter cavorting on paddleboards in the early morning sun, the North Sea...
Funny Papers Again Column | Soapbox Rants 1 and 2, With...
At the end of this month, Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. on the northeast corner of Broadway and North Vanderhurst, city officials will...
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