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April 4, 2026

Window on the World | Sisterhood

We worked together at the Salinas newspaper. When I say, ā€œworked together,ā€ she was on the computer side of things and I worked in advertising and management; plus, it was a huge building. In other words, she fixed what I broke. We didn’t know each other really,...

Worthy to Print Column: We’re All in This Together

What in the world is going on with our government? You have a guy that was videoed threatening to use his power to hold up aid to a foreign country’s aid, then getting millions of dollars transferred to his son and brother actually trading...

Window on the World Column | The Marvel of a Vaccine

It was 2020 and, like a champ, I had the flu and the pneumonia vaccination in one foul swoop. It was recommended for us folks of a certain age. We weathered mild side effects from both shots, and I didn’t get either virus. Result…...

Worthy to Print Column | Gas vs. Electricity

Have you bought any gas lately? I was driving my car yesterday in Salinas when I thought I may as well get gas at the Arco station, where you pull off 101 to Market Street. That station has the cheapest gas, but boy oh...

Funny Papers Again Column | From Loop to Loop: Roads We Once Drove

Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to KCBX, the local NPR radio station, when a report from Chicago mentioned the famous circular downtown roadway known as the...

Funny Papers Again Column | KCHS Swag and Cringe: Kudos and Calamity

What? You don’t know the present use of the words ā€œswagā€ and ā€œcringeā€? Well, I didn’t either until I read it in context in an article in the newest issue of The Mustang Legacy, the King City High School student publication. At the present...

Funny Papers Again Column | The Easy and Hard Way Ideas Come To Mind

Steve Wilson
ā€œTelevision commercials are an assault upon the senses and an insult to intelligence.ā€ The sentence appears quoted and italicized because I think it is a pretty good opening sentence. Opening sentences are important, as those first words of an author must grasp the reader’s attention...

Worthy to Print Column | We the People

I have mentioned often about my young life in Wasco and the field work I did before I left for the military. Well, it occurred to me this morning that you might have thought I was a deprived young man. To the contrary, I...

Guest Column | Cal State Monterey Bay’s Rising Graduation Rates Strengthen the Future of the Central Coast

Vanya QuiƱones
At Cal State Monterey Bay, we recently reached a milestone that speaks to the power of higher education as well as the future strength of California’s workforce. For the last 10 years, the California State University system has taken on an ambitious challenge, the...

Worthy to Print Column | I Am What I Am and That’s All That I Am

George Worthy
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...
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