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Editor’s Column: Maybe politics shouldn’t be a profit game

Anyone who thought politics was a slow-moving game, or dreadfully dull, has had that idea challenged this year. Now almost every political race is a neck-and-neck battle to the finish line (if a finish line can ever be agreed upon… how I miss those simpler times). It’s exciting when a[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Niki Turner 1 comment

Loose Ends: Resolutions

MEEKER | Are you tired of making resolutions year after year, only to watch them fade away shortly after making them? According to a study done by social scientists, most of us are not tired of this tradition. The majority of us continue to try to make a new start[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Dolly Viscardi Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Guest Column: Evidence-based discussions need to occur

MEEKER | “It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.”–Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet. This obligatory principle will guide our discussion; but instead of solving a murder case, we will be solving the case of[Read More…]

January 3, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Loose Ends: “It is what it is”

MEEKER | “It is what it is” is the latest phrase to crop up in our daily conversations. It is an earworm without music. Most of us pride ourselves on “telling it like it is” and a few regions of our country are better at it than others. Westerners are[Read More…]

January 1, 2021 by Dolly Viscardi Comments are Disabled

Opinion

“If the Fates allow”

MEEKER | We’ve all enjoyed or survived Christmas in some 2020 adjusted format. Maybe like our household, you too, experienced highs and lows. We deeply rejoiced in a live Christmas Eve church service, personal visit with our oldest son, and joys of baking holiday treats. Frustrating was the seemingly lost[Read More…]

January 1, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Good Riddance, 2020

When the pandemic kicked off last spring I said I thought this event was going to leave a mark. Little did I know at that point how deep that mark would go. I’m chalking 2020 up as the second worst year of my life (second only because no one in[Read More…]

December 31, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: One Good Thing

This has been a year of unusual events. The conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky for the first time since 1226 A.D., is just one of those events. From our perspective on Earth, the two visible planets look very much like an unusually large star, much like[Read More…]

December 27, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Merry Christmas, Herald Times

MEEKER | To Niki Turner and all your hard-working staff, on behalf of all your readers, I say thank you and a very special Merry Christmas. You faithfully churn out the news every week, get the advertising included, attend meetings for us, produce the fun pages, re-create Days Gone By[Read More…]

December 24, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Thank you trail angels

MEEKER | What is a “trail angel” you may well ask? I first learned of this term when our oldest son hiked the 2,500 mile Appalachian Trail in 2009. As a mom who had never heard of the “AT” I was freaked out by our son (freshly minted college graduate)[Read More…]

December 22, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Why getting help for your mental health is so important

RBC | Getting professional help for dealing with your persistent fears and anxieties is the single most important step in your recovery. Many people are reluctant to get the help they need for various reasons. Making excuses for not getting treatment for your anxiety issues will not solve anything. With[Read More…]

December 16, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

COVID–What’s it really like?

MEEKER | Having battled COVID for a few weeks now, here’s a frank account of what it’s really like, from our experience. I know every patient is unique, but I think our situation is typical for mid-way between mild and profoundly serious infections. For those of you who think it[Read More…]

December 16, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Editor’s Column: It’s a pressure cooker.

A quote from the Dec. 10, 1970, Rangely Times stands out: “Fifty years ago today this country was known as a melting pot. Today it resembles a pressure cooker.” Another 50 years down the road, we might be more of a melting pot, but we’re definitely still a pressure cooker.[Read More…]

December 15, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled