Letter to the Editor | Community Food Pantry Donations
To the Editor:
Recently, the Rustler had an article reporting that Loaves and Fishes has donated $10,000 to the Food Bank for Monterey County (āLoaves and Fishes Donates $10K to Keep Fighting Against Hunger,ā Jan. 20, page A1). Loaves and Fishes is one of the...
Window on the World Column | The Party Plan
āI didnāt know her,ā the preacher said. āBut if I had known her, Iām sure I would have liked her.ā I raised one querying eyebrow at my husband. We are at his auntās funeral in Watsonville. (Is it a funeral service if the person...
Funny Papers Again Column | Seniors: Come Learn, Dine, Sing, Dance!
I am a senior citizen. There is no getting around that, no matter how much I attempt to mitigate the fact. I know this because of what society tells me with progressive programs, private sector directives and legislations starting with age 55 years when...
Window on the World Column: Glass Half Full
With the changing of the times and the lessening of the daylight, I must annually go on self-watch alert. There is something about darkness during the daytime that makes me, well, dark. I can get the gloomies very easily when the clocks fall back...
Worthy to Print Column | Just My Opinion
Today as I sit down to put my thoughts to paper, I am very troubled, maybe even frightened. I speak of the current political situation in our nationās capital. I donāt suppose I need to reiterate the situations that are occurring. All you have...
Window on the World Column | Opening Up the World
Two canceled flights and two Covid tests later, and it looked like the U.S. to U.K, flight might finally be happening. It would have to be via L.A. with a layover, but it beat the boat any day and I would take it. As...
Funny Papers Again Column | Meet the Nippers and the Nipperās Nippers
If any of you readers have paid attention over the past few years, you know I do not include a lot of family stuff; we all have family stories, so my use of space in a newspaper as a journal about my family seems...
Letter to the Editor: Demand action now
Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the Editor of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writerās first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...
Guest Column | CSU Monterey Bay Earns Carnegie āResearch Collegeā Classification for Research Excellence
The Carnegie Classification is a leading framework for recognizing the diversity of U.S. higher education institutions. Last fall, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching updated the framework of classifications and now includes a new category ā āResearch Colleges and Universitiesā ā which...
Funny Papers Again Column | Words From One Bad Guy to Another
I was thinking about John Dillinger the other day while watching a 1934 William Powell-Myrna Loy film by the name of āManhattan Melodrama.ā It also starred Clark Gable, but for some of us cinephiles the Powell-Loy combination is one of the best pairings in...























