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April 6, 2026

Funny Papers Again Column | Today’s Opinion Column Offers Some Opinions About Opinions and the Opinionated

Steve Wilson
ā€œOpinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.ā€ I don’t recall whose words those are, if I...

Worthy to Print Column | Close Call

George Worthy
I’m back, did you miss me? The past couple of weeks have been interesting to say the least. As I look ahead to challenges that we all face everyday, I try to see the positive side as well. Take last week for instance; I...

Funny Papers Again Column | Not Feeling Grounded? Go Barefootin’ and See What Happens

Steve Wilson
No matter how I may wish to deny I am old, at two years and seven decades it is nonetheless a fact and, having never been old before, I am unrehearsed for the role. I am not alone in that realization, evidenced by how...

Worthy to Print Column | Staying Up All Night

Did you get to see the blowout by the Eagles? My beautiful bride and I watched it until we started to think it was a lost cause and then we took a little nap. After the game, I took out the trash. It was...

Guest Column | Cal State Monterey Bay Begins New Academic Year Focused on Regional Growth

Vanya QuiƱones
Each fall, the start of classes brings renewed energy and optimism to Cal State Monterey Bay. This year was no exception. From the first-day excitement to our Otter Plunge tradition in the waters of Monterey Bay, our campus is once again alive with purpose...

Guest Column | Monterey County’s Historic Role in California’s 175 Years of Statehood

Colton Hall
This year marks the 175th anniversary of California’s admission into the United States, a milestone that invites all of us to reflect on the origins, values and aspirations of our Golden State. But it also offers a chance to celebrate the critical role that...

OPINION: Charity should begin at home

Local column by Lucy Jensen

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Helping With King City Park Project

Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the EditorĀ of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writer’s first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...

Funny Papers Again Column | Taking the Easy Way Out Ain’t Always Easy

Steve Wilson
It is easy to sit down at the keyboard and churn out a thousand words when the subject has some local interest, which I can do for no other reason than I have some very vivid memories of life here in the Valley that...

Funny Papers Again Column | Music, Music, Who Has the Music?

Many times, over the past five decades I drove between Southern California and the Salinas Valley on El Camino Real, aka the 101, and so am very acquainted with the stretch of asphalt from Santa Barbara to SoMoCo. Now, like motorists everywhere finding a...
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