Richard Myers | Is a Safe Return to School Possible?
July 14, 2020
As a retired teacher I have been wondering how schools will be opening in the fall. The recent interest and call by the White House and the president for the
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Bob Messina | Society, Race and Opportunity
July 14, 2020
I have given thought to what has been going on the past few weeks in wake of George Floyd’s death and the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. Some of you
David Hegg | Leadership vs. Potty Training
July 12, 2020
By David Hegg It happened last week. All around me I saw camels with broken backs. They had borne the weight of incremental governmental sticks but it was finally too
Jim Horton | A Defense of Bob Kellar
July 12, 2020
Ignorance is a powerful drug. Ignorance of anything allows the individual the latitude to indulge in flights of fancy and shout to the rooftops things that are believed but are
Tim Whyte | Sexual Assault and Naming Names
July 11, 2020
The kids are naming names. I’m not. But there’s been a flurry of local social media activity the past two weeks, and it’s alarming in several different ways. And, I
Patricia Suzanne | Black Lives Matter: Civil Rights or Religious Fervor?
July 11, 2020
Welcome to the Temple of Black Lives Matter, a new national religion. It isn’t state-sponsored, but this secular creed of identity politics is increasingly accepted and promoted by government officials,
Arnold Mann | Don’t Be Fooled on Antifa
July 11, 2020
In order to logically determine the real issue with Antifa nowadays, one has to first understand what fascism is. As defined in The American Heritage and Webster’s New World dictionaries
John Boston | That Time I Played Bill Hart on a Miniseries
July 10, 2020
Last weekend’s Fourth of July was spent quietly, inspecting fences and sprinkler lines, water tanks and bird baths. Didn’t see a single looter, firecracker or mouth breather. Wasn’t tarred. Wasn’t
Mike Garcia | Don’t Defund Police; Invest in Them
July 10, 2020
Growing up, my mom, my brother and I watched my stepdad leave for work every day not knowing whether he would make it home. As a member of the Los
Jay DelDotto | Choosing the Police Officer
July 10, 2020
Three people are interested in renting the house next door. Two of the three have extensive arrest records. The first individual has three major misdemeanor arrests and five major felony
Dennis Nobile | Brains the Size of Bugs
July 10, 2020
Seventy-five years ago, six Marines raised the American flag on a mountain during the battle of Iwo Jima. Three of the six were killed on the island and more Marines
Gil Mertz | The NFL Fumbles on Racism, Again
July 9, 2020
After surviving the debacle of players kneeling during the national anthem before games a few years ago, the NFL has decided to wade back into those troubled waters. They lost
Richard Myers | Correct vs. Politically Correct
July 9, 2020
I know that I’m going out on a limb and I’m sure some of your readers will find pleasure in sawing it off behind me, but I’d like to point
Gary Horton | The Long Fight for Liberty for All
July 8, 2020
Why won’t things just quiet down? Why so much ruckus? What on earth is everyone marching for, protesting for, sitting in for? Why the bitterness? Why the division? “When will
Betty Arenson | Misinformation in McDougald Letter
July 8, 2020
Lisa McDougald’s June 30 letter to the editor imparts a vast amount of misinformation that needs to be corrected with the real facts. Ms. McDougald erroneously presented that Rep. Mike
Paul Raggio | Wishful Thinking Isn’t Enough
July 8, 2020
There sure is a lot of wishful and hopeful thinking going on! I wish this pandemic would go away and hope things would return to normal. I hope my spouse
Jonathan Kraut | Poncho, One of the Many Whose Lives Mattered
July 7, 2020
Poncho turned 21 a few days before. He was anxious to be permitted to enter the local Mexican dance club a few blocks from home for the first time. Poncho
Gregory Whitney | Federal Holidays, Gone!
July 7, 2020
The following is satire, I hope…unless subsequent events make it prophecy. Racist statues…going, gone. What’s next? Racist, discriminatory federal holidays! List of 2020 federal holidays and their offenses: Wednesday, Jan.
David Hegg | Dealing with Our Differences
July 5, 2020
By David Hegg Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock somewhere, you’re acutely aware we are becoming an increasingly touchy society. It seems the new national sport is overreaction to
VaNile Risser | What About Law Enforcement?
July 5, 2020
What a great/pleasant headline! “Law enforcement support.” But why the lower case? It should have been UPPER case and ENLARGED letters! It is about time law enforcement received a positive