Worthy to Print Column: It’s Just a Phone
Do you have a “smart phone?” I’m not sure what makes a smart phone or a dumb phone, but I’m pretty sure I got the dumb one. I mean, I see folks walking around all day looking at their phones, and if the phones...
Worthy to Print Column | Cleaning Out the Garage
It was only a couple of years ago when this whole brouhaha about masks and maintaining a proper distance between you and your loved ones started that I wasn’t too concerned. We Americans have faced plenty of tough times during the past 200-plus years....
Letter to the Editor | Standing up for Democracy, One Year Into Presidency
To the Editor:
Please join your neighbors to observe the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency. Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 4 to 6 p.m., those outraged by the harm and chaos inflicted on the country and the world in just one year will assemble peacefully...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Look at Calendars Old and New
As the first column of a new year on the ol’ Gregorian Calendar, one could hold the expectation that the tradition of making resolutions, presumably of personal betterment, containing a goal or goals. The history of this tradition is fascinating, and if you are...
Letter to the Editor | Support King City’s Progress: Vote Yes on Sales Tax Measure
To the Editor:
On November’s ballot there will be a measure to increase the King City sales tax from 8.75% to 9.25%. This increase would bring us more in line with other towns in the valley.
Up to now, so many improvements have been made in...
Letters to the Editor for Week of May 17
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Window on the World Column | The Gammy Leg
“You’re limping again,” he said (again). “YES! FULLY AWARE AGAIN OF THE FACT I’M LIMPING. DON’T MENTION IT ALL THE TIME!” (I don’t think he will for a while.)
I’ve had a gammy leg, as father would say, for over six months now. When you...
Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast Celebrates the Power of Employment
Each year during the first full week of May, Goodwill organizations across the U.S. and Canada celebrate Goodwill Industries Week to highlight a crucial mission — transforming lives and communities through the power of education and employment.
For more than 60 years, Goodwill Central Coast...
Funny Papers Again Column | America as Hostage: But Who Holds the Gun?
It is 3 a.m., this column will run Feb. 1, one week from this morning. According to statistics from 2020, by that date 868 people in the United States will have died from gun violence. Now that you see where this is heading, you...
