Readers Write: If I am only for myself, who am I?
Editor:
My friend calls me, breathless with concern. Her housekeeper is late. For 10 years, S. has always been on time; today her cell phone...
Readers Write: Good public servants
Editor:
I am a happy taxpayer. I had the opportunity to attend the meeting on flood control and road closures on Monday, Aug. 27, at...
Creature Corner: September 6, 2018
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats discussed those just adopted and those coming to ARF.
Panther: So that was fast.
Zeus:...
Past Tense: September 6, 2018
70 years ago - 1948
“Don’t look for the Town Crier next week,” advised the editor. “We’re skipping every other week to do our winter...
Readers Write: In memory of John McCain
Editor:
Perhaps Hemingway understood the character of John McCain the best by depiction of Robert Jordan, the protagonist of “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” who...
Readers Write: Remembering Uptown Café … Café Aroma
Editor:
Memory is an interesting phenomenon. Recollections are quite selective and fleeting, even contradictory. For many of us in Idyllwild, Café Aroma has contributed significantly...
Readers Write: To a free press
Editor:
I appreciate you, Jack, for your eloquent contribution to the difference between a free press and silly rants about “fake news.”
Diann Coate
Idyllwild
Readers Write: Somebody should apologize
Editor:
KNBC local news should be recognized for its weather reporting. Every evening, it displays a map of its prediction for the “Maximum Temperature for...
Another Point of View: Editorial: Way ahead of the curve
By Caroline Titus
Editor/Publisher
The Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, CA
Editor’s note: Caroline Titus, who runs a small newspaper in Northern California, wrote this piece during the recent...
Dr. Tom: Gratitude …
It is difficult to adequately express my gratitude to the firefighters and other first responders who saved our home from the Cranston Fire. Since...