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April 22, 2026

Funny Papers Again Column | A Black Lawman and a White Gangster

Steve Wilson
Once again as I sit down at my laptop, gather myriad notes on scraps of paper, lay my cell phone next to me for photo access, place my fingers on the qwerty and then ask myself ā€œWhat goes in and what stays out?ā€ (For...

Funny Papers Again Column | ā€˜Under the Sea’ With Sol T

In last week’s column I mentioned having a ā€œsenior momentā€ when admitting I had lost the device that contained not only a column partially written, but all of my previous columns, which goes back quite a few weeks now. A few weeks back I...

Funny Papers Again Column | By Whatever Name You Please, He Has Returned

I was reading about the origins of Christmas and the various ways the day is celebrated around the world. It is a day with a history that originally involved more than a few countries and belief systems. What we know today as Christmas has...

Letter to the Editor | Hold Election Deniers Accountable at the Polls

To the Editor: The Jan. 6 hearings have wound down for the moment, but I won’t forget what I learned — that what happened that day wasn’t an isolated attack on our Capitol. It’s part of an ongoing criminal conspiracy to undermine our freedom to...

Funny Papers Again Column | Oklahoma City to the Big Apple: How Many More Memorials Will We Need?

Steve Wilson
One late afternoon some years ago I stood among rows of uniformly sized brass markers placed with military precision in the grass at the Riverside National Cemetery. At my feet was my father’s marker, and this was my annual pilgrimage to his final resting...

Worthy to Print Column | Dog Tales

George Worthy
I woke up this morning a little confused. I was still a little sleepy when I felt what turned out to be a tongue in my ear. At first I thought Lorraine might have been fooling around. Then I realized I was looking at...

Window on the World Column | Slow It All Down

Lucy Jensen
There’s nothing like a little bit of Christmas in the shops in October to make you go … ā€œummm what?ā€ The pumpkins have not even got boring yet and here we are ho-hoing our ways towards the end of December. I don’t want to...

Worthy to Print Column | The Magic of Movies

George Worthy
Excuse me if I am a little maudlin this week. Lots of things happening and most of them are about where I am in life. Have you ever sat down to reflect on your position and what went right or wrong? I’m not a particularly...

Letter to the Editor: Drive-in Movies a Success for King City

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 | Ringo and Sara and Lisa and Steve and Lynn and Andy and Oliver and Jeanette: Rock On!

There is something about eye contact that lets two people know that for just a split second, just a flicker of time, there has been a meeting of minds, a very brief acknowledgment of each other’s existence. I had just such an encounter last...
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