Window on the World Column | The Year of Our Content
When I worked in the newspaper industry, the obituary page was allegedly the paperās most popular page, which, in my younger years, I found a little curious. Now I am ā ahem ā a little less young, I totally get it. These days I...
Letter to the Editor | Clam Chowder Dinner a Huge Success
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum staff and board, a great big āthank youā goes out to the entire South Monterey County community for their continued support in helping to make the 27th Annual Drury Tankersley Clam Chowder...
Worthy to Print Column | Just Write About It
Iām 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 | Opinion: āTā Is a No-Brainer; The Oval Not So Much
Election Day 2024 is in 19 days and I have already marked my ballot, sealed it in the postage paid envelope and have it setting here atop my little work table. Today, I will deposit it in the ballot box located at the south...
Funny Papers Again Column | Bon Giorno! Day 1 in Switzerland
Every fine time is far more enjoyable if first one experiences some minor hardships along the way. As I write I am sitting on a second-floor balcony at the Hotel Lake Maggiori in Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland. It is 10 minutes after four in the...
Funny Papers Again Column | 3:10 to King City ā All Aboard!
Unless one has been living in a cave the past few years, one canāt help but notice the changes that have taken place in the downtown area of King City, as they are quite evident. Everything from color schemes to uniform awnings to colorful...
Funny Papers Again Column | To the Two NCs: Come Get Me
This is notice to Ronna and Jaime: Hit me with your best shots; convince me with actions not words. In fact, now that I look at that sentence, I will change ānoticeā to āchallengeā because the present politically reported situation calls for it. With...
Funny Papers Again Column | Fact: What Dick Did. Opinion: What Donald Will Do.
Letās look at part of the record of Richard āDickā Cheney of Wyoming, first the part that ushered in a new phase of American media where required balance of news coverage no longer existed. In this new era of media, most prominently television, we...
Worthy to Print Column | I Can See My Memories Clearly
āI can see clearly now the rain is gone.Ā I can see all obstacles in my way!ā My eye surgery is over and Iām a happy patient. Yes, it was done by a Veterans Administration doctor who looked suspiciously like a college student, but he...
Window on the World Column | Joy Seeking
I couldnāt think what to do with myself. My baby girl was lying in a hospital bed with a broken back when she should have been enjoying the vacation of a lifetime in Montana. She was heavily drugged and monitored. She slept a lot...




















