by bruce.salmon | Jan 10, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
Near the end of last year, I received an email from the Social Security Administration advising me to log in to my account to view a new message. The message was about my retirement benefits and Medicare payments for the coming year. Out of curiosity, I clicked on the...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 9, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
Residents in Southern California are fighting one of the worst wildfire outbreaks in recent memory. Several fires erupted across Los Angeles County, with winds gusting to 100 MPH, leaving Pacific Palisades and Eaton (Pasadena) residents fleeing their homes. The...
by Craig Nash | Jan 8, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
Ten years ago this month, the church I grew up in shuttered its doors and died. It had been on life support for many years before, with hardly anyone left to pray for a miracle. But there was enough cash in reserves to keep the ventilators running unmercifully. The...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 7, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
Mass deportation. Prosecute rivals. Abolish FDIC. Cabinet choices. Partisan federal employees. Eliminate debt ceiling. Abolish birthright citizenship. Retake Panama Canal. Abandon Ukraine. Annex Canada. Criminalize wokeness. Abolish Palestine. Enact Article V of the...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 6, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
“World Introvert Day” needs to be extended. I’m thinking “World Introvert Year.” It’s celebrated annually on January 2 as some kind of sick joke, I think. We all know the extroverts are just too tired from the night before. They’ve simply slept in. It’s only quiet...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 3, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
President James “Jimmy” Carter died in his Plains, Georgia, home this week, lovingly surrounded by his family and friends. At 100, the former president was the longest-living president in American history. However, Carter was much more than his presidency and age. He...
