Guest Column | The Advantage of a Skilled Nursing Facility Is Right in the Name
While caring for aging parents or ill spouses can be viewed as an honor, it can also present serious physical and emotional challenges for caregivers and their families. Stress often plays a big part in caregiving. Left unchecked, caregiver stress can have detrimental effects...
Window on the World Column | Another Turn Around the Sun
The clock ticked swiftly on, meticulously in sync with the movement of the world. The hourglass turned again and, before you knew it, I was approaching another big birthday. All birthdays are truly marvelous, honestly, another trip around the sun, a bonus chance to...
Letter to the Editor | Join the Resistance Locally
To the Editor:
Donald Trump was elected U.S. president by the narrowest margin in history, which he claims is a mandate.
His foreign relations policies are making enemies of former friends. His economic policies are devastating the economy. Likewise, his deportation policies are upending the agriculture,...
Worthy to Print Column | Our 50th State
This morning when I woke up I was feeling pretty good, all things being equal. For some reason as I lay there I kept remembering Lorraine’s father coming by my apartment and picking me up so I could help him clean a couple of ...
Worthy to Print Column | Just Write About It
I’m sure you remember that my bride and I invited her mother to come live with us. It was a very fortunate gesture on our part, as she has brightened up our days and stimulated the conversation. I love to tell her how difficult...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Hapless Man, a Hopeless Leader and a Hopeful Reunion
The headline reads simply “Funny Papers June 18 2025.” Below the headline there is a blank page where on the left margin, expecting to go to work, the cursor waits, and waits, and waits. A quick glance at the clock on the wall lets...
Letter to the Editor | Firework Abusers Should Face Harsher Punishment
To the Editor:
With the passing of another Fourth of July “holiday,” other pet owners, veterans and myself can breathe another sigh of relief. Well, except that the Fourth of July “holiday” now seems to last a good month, as the selfish and irresponsible among...
Funny Papers Again Column | If Grandma and Peter Did It, Why Not Me?
I have for many years been a reader of biographies, a habit I got into way back in the early 1960s after my parents purchased a set of encyclopedia, which included a series of biographies of famous Americans, one a month for a year....
