As we smooth open the shiny pages of 2025 calendars with a blend of hopeful inspiration and fretful trepidation, let’s pause for a moment and consider our position. What transpires in the days ahead will be a heady blend of things that are subject to our control through free will[Read More…]
Editor’s Column
Editor’s Column – Looks like we made it! Thank you!
“‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” ~ Alice Walker Don’t ask me who sang the song referenced above, or what the rest of the lyrics are. I only get headline-length snippets in my head![Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – December 19th, 2024
‘People who feel the need to control others, don’t have control over themselves.’ ~ Author Unknown My Christmas decorating this year got as far as carrying the artificial tree downstairs and plugging it in. I have no inclination to rummage through boxes in the chilly attic to find the ornaments,[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – The ugly trait we may share with the Grinch and Mr. Scrooge: Contempt
The Christmas season wouldn’t be complete without Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch. What do these two notorious characters from Christmas fiction have in common that we might all need to check for in ourselves? Is it greed, or stinginess, or selfishness, or meanness? I think we can sum up the[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – What is leadership?
“Leadership is not a rank, it is a responsibility. Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” ~ Simon Sinek, Author Classes and programs about leadership (which most people never take until they find themselves thrown into a leadership role) often break[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Write your own holiday script, you’ve already got all the plot points
“She was new in town and didn’t have any friends, until she decided to trust a handsome stranger —Hallmark movies and true crime podcasts.” ~ Jennifer McAuliffe By the time you’re reading this week’s column you’ll probably be wearing your stretchy pants and contemplating another round of leftovers. Congratulations! You[Read More…]
Editor’s Column – Time-out for grown-ups
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” ~ Frederick Nietzsche Have you ever gotten angry because of someone’s rudeness, misbehavior, or bullying, only to find yourself being rude, misbehaving[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Prognosticators
“I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It’s a quick way to look like an idiot.” ~Warren Ellis, British author When did mainstream mass media stop reporting what actually happened (news) and start spending all their time predicting what might happen? Prior to the election I[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Seek similarities, not differences
“The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.” ~ Tony Robbins Human beings are so unique that no two individuals have ever been found to have matching fingerprints, according to the National Forensic Science Technology Center. Our genetic “fingerprint”[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Sportsmanship should apply to more than sports
“When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.” ~ Paul Brown Crossing my fingers and hoping by this time next week the crackling election tension in the air will have dissipated like an air mattress with a slow leak, leaving us grounded and steady — literally. It’s wishful[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor – October 31st, 2024
Learning from our predecessors Dear Editor: We live in a time with all kinds of information available from multiple sources. During the heat of today’s political battles, we continually hear accusations of Communist, Socialist, Fascist and others. Our understanding of these terms is often incomplete or inaccurate. Recently I came upon[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Is it ever OK to lie?
“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holms I think most of us would say no. Let me rephrase that… I hope most of us would say no. My dad used to say, “You go to the same place for[Read More…]
