Guest Column | Let’s Move District 18 into the Future with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
The vast majority of American politicians are in the business of kicking the can down the road, with one notable exception: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren.
I know “kicking the can down the road” is an old cliché used to reference the arms race, federal budget, childcare,...
Worthy to Print Column | The Worthy Tree
How long have you lived in the house you live in now? I ask, because I was truly startled by the answer my bride gave me when asked: “34 years,” she said. I asked again just to make sure I was using the same...
Worthy to Print Column | Goin’ to the Dogs
“Honey, did you forget to write your column?” She uses the tone of voice that brings me back to earth from my revere. I had been sitting here staring at the blinking reminder that I wasn’t doing what I knew I had to do....
Letter to the Editor | Hold Election Deniers Accountable at the Polls
To the Editor:
The Jan. 6 hearings have wound down for the moment, but I won’t forget what I learned — that what happened that day wasn’t an isolated attack on our Capitol. It’s part of an ongoing criminal conspiracy to undermine our freedom to...
Window on the World Column | The Therapy of a Passion
Years ago, I’d never received the memo that you work for your life and not the other way around. Gradually as the grey hairs grew and the wisdom pearls hatched a little from dusty eggs of experience, I realized that most of us are...
Worthy to Print Column: What might have been
I would like to tell you that we can come out of hiding from the virus. I’d like to tell you that we can walk around without a mask; that we can fling open the doors and play with our kids, come out of...
Window on the World Column | Some of Our Angels Have Four Paws
News changes so quickly in this fast-paced world of ours. Yesterday’s disasters are but a vague memory today for those of us lucky enough to not be a part of them.
We were headed to Chatsworth on the edge of LA to go and see...
Funny Papers Again Column | Let Your Grad and My Grad Be Happy but Vigilant
Last week I submitted a few words regarding seniors who are on their way to higher education, with an addendum about financing college after the initial scholarship monies are expended. I did not have enough space at that time to add anymore to the...
Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad — Part III
There is no doubt, when you look around the room of trainers and trainees that this is a perfectly symbiotic relationship of the incarcerated in society, with little hope and aspiration in life, training the unwanted pups, which were rescued from death row. On...
Worthy to Print Column | It Happened in an Instant
There is a lot of pain in the Worthy home today. I’m going to try and let you know what has been happening. I’m sure that I have told you in the past that my bride’s mother has been staying with us ever since...
