Funny Papers Again Column | Part II: Will the GOP Take Its True Place?
The fact that the United States of America has no officially sanctioned State Religion, but does in fact have a policy of separation of Church and State, means little to Mr. Trump who claims Christianity. A look at his family relations, his actions toward...
Funny Papers Again Column | Will Americaās Past Dictate Americaās Future?
We have just celebrated this countryās 246th birthday, a new country born with the words āWe the people of the United States of America ā¦ā; this was the first time the name appeared to the world. This new country was democratically governed, economically capitalistic...
Window on the World Column | Remembrance
Itās about this time of year that I look for her even more often. It is the season of the long sunny days and twinkly black-night skies. It is the season of the dragonfly. Whenever I see my first dragonfly of the year, I...
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...
Window on the World Column | Our Easter Basket
It was time for Easter vacation, and that hadnāt meant much for a while in this household, not having school age kids anymore. We had pledged to take our granddaughter for a few days, give her parents a break, allow her to run wild...
Window on the World Column | Fit for a King
āYours is the last dad,ā she stated emphatically. Yes. All my friendsā dads have passed away. Of our generation, there is one mother and one father remaining on the planet and then we will be the top generation. That is a rather sobering thought.
On...
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...
Worthy to Print Column | Family ā Whatās Next?
Here we are, another week or month of information that we have compiled as we go through the days and nights of life. Today I would like to mention a new member of my family. No, itās not me nor is it any of...
Window on the World Column: Hope Is Not Canceled
Friends of mine in England had so been looking forward to their promised Christmas at the tail end of these long and tiresome months. After a long, brutal year of Covid-cancellations, they had been guaranteed a slice of merriment and celebration over Christmas. A...
Funny Papers Again Column | Row, Row, Row Your Boat Gently Down a Musical Stream
At the present moment I am, to put it poetically, āfar from the madding crowd,ā I donāt even know who is headed to the World Series as āseeking the sounds of silenceā; practically speaking, I am a ways up the Arroyo Seco Canyon sans...



















