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Opinion

Doing without unnecessary things

Letters to the editor

To the editor: The times we are living in call upon all of us to make a Great Change. The global climate crisis continues to worsen as we humans fail to accomplish a reduction of fossil fuel consumption. There are additional crisis level problems facing humankind: habitat destruction ...

5W Wednesdays

Columns

Check back here on the last Wednesday of the month to see if any of the past month’s photos have been identified. Thanks to everyone who weighs in! Here are the results of the 5W Wednesdays for April so far: ¯ April 2: No definitive answer on the location of this house. ¯ April 9: ...

Setting a course for adventure

Columns

“Love boat Love — exciting and new, Come aboard, we’re expecting you.” — “Love Boat Theme” by Jack Jones Julie McCoy ... was there any TV character more admirable in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s? She was pretty, sweet and kind. More importantly, she ...

Did I shrink?

Columns

Somewhere in all the years of going to the doctor’s office, I gained an inch, but the nurse cavalierly took my new height away. It may not be significant, but I’ve been 5’4 for countless years, and then somewhere along the way, I became the statuesque height of 5’5”. That may not seem ...

Straw Poll, April 22-28

Editorials

This week's straw poll: How is President Donald Trump doing so far after his (second) first 100 days? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of internet users who have chosen to participate.

Republican politicians play psychological head games

Letters to the editor

To the editor: I don’t have to be a certified psychologist to recognize that the Republican Party plays manipulative “head games” with its voters. This is how I see it. From the beginning, Trump appealed to voters already hooked on anti-government resentment. Bureaucracy, regulatory ...