Worthy to Print Column | I Am What I Am and Thatās All That I Am
I suppose that today I should write something about how messed up our government is, but I think that would be too easy. There is no use in restating my thoughts about how miserable it is being run right now. If you read anything...
Letter to the Editor: Get the facts straight
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Guest Column | The American Dream: How We Lost Our Way on Immigration
In 1986 I worked for Californiaās Employment Development Department, where I processed amnesty seekers under President Ronald Reaganās landmark immigration reform law called Immigration and Control Act (IRCA). The Watsonville office reviewed documents proving that applicants had worked in the local farming economy for...
Window on the World Column | Some of Our Angels Have Four Paws
News changes so quickly in this fast-paced world of ours. Yesterdayās 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 | āIf It Keeps on Raininā, the Leveeās Gonna Breakā
Many of you, or some of you, or heck maybe none of you will, recognize the title of todayās column as the opening lyrics of the song āThe Leveeās Gonna Breakā made popular by Led Zeppelin in 1971 (actually it is a re-working of...
Letter to the Editor: We Must Hold School Board Accountable
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Letters to the Editor for Week of June 21
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Window on the World Column | Homeward Bound
Having left our children at Billings Airport and no doubt shed a couple of tears, we shall be staying at the Laughing Horse Lodge, which just begs you to stay there no matter what. Actually, the very reason I do want very much to...
Guest Op-Ed | A Senator for all Californians
During the course of my Senate campaign, I did my best to visit communities throughout this big, beautiful state and get to know the people who have brought such drive, talent, ingenuity, and perseverance to every field of endeavor. I made a particular point...
Window on the World Column | Loving Our Vandura
When you are crawling toward 24 years of marriage and over 26 together, the fireworks are not always going off, unless the neighbor decides that the Fourth of July cannot come soon enough. You are mostly like two comfortable-ish chairs, grumbling about the thing...






















