Opinion

“You’re too damn cynical!” That was the total critique of a speech I gave back in high school in 1970, the critic a friend we called Pepper. I took that criticism to heart and in the decades since have tried to temper my cynicism...

“When South County Animal Rescue (SCAR) was founded at the beginning of 2016, I’m not sure what we honestly expected. We knew that there was lots of work to be done and it wouldn’t be easy, but there was a gap in our communities...

It had been quite some time since my family partook in a long road trip that required multiple stops, including one where we had to stay at a hotel. However, we were once again bitten by the travel bug and hit the road again.  This...

In 1941, the first hospital opened in King City due to the tenacity and vision of community leaders and a small group of physicians. In 1962, community fundraising made a newer, more modern hospital possible, and in 2001, the present hospital, with its emergency...

We know the Constitution is working as originally intended when we see masked white supremacists in formation walking proudly through the streets of Washington, D.C. Since the advent of Donald J. Trump and his now total of five years and six months in the...

As us animal folk well know, there are frequent pleas from our local shelter for help with fostering and adoptions. There are always too many innocent creatures looking for a soft place to land. “Help, help, help … code red … out of time...

I have just scrapped a couple hours of work on this week’s column; or at least what would have been this week’s column. There are some serious issues facing our nation right now, some deep rifts and wide divisions, and because we have a...

I was very young when I encountered my first. You never forget your first, or so they say! We were walking along a popular path just outside my hometown called the “Sailor’s Walk” with friends of ours. It’s a lovely country stroll that, conveniently,...

Disappointment to the point of anger. That is a rare emotion for me, but it was what surfaced the other week when I saw Rick on the front page of the Rustler. If you haven’t been living in a vacuum, you know Rick was...

Summertime is in full swing at Monterey County Free Libraries, and we have many things for you to do, read, eat, watch and plan this month. 1. TO DO: Attend one of our fabulous summer programs as part of the Summer Reading Club. In July...