“Rod Stewart Hair”
“I like your hair!” a woman at the party said.
Opinions
To the Editor,
There is an old saying that says, “Oh, they are just old and don’t know anything.” We old just laugh at it. I was born before WWII was over, so guess I’m considered old. That was a scary time for Americans. I remember my parents saying we need to turn all lights off at night (we...
“The Bear”
The two women told me about the bear when I was on my hike.
They were on trail bikes and saw the bear in the direction I was headed. “It was scary!” one of the women said.
We were all a little nervous. There had been a bear attack just a few weeks earlier up on the ski hill. A couple...
The eery accuracy behind the suggestion that history repeats itself—often in the worst ways—never cease to dishearten me. Whether the repetition is a daily occurrence—”another deadly clash in the streets of the United States today”—or the reemergence of powerful, hateful rhetoric from decades and...
Q: Does the United States Postal Service (USPS) need financial help?
A: The U.S Postal Service touches every household and business in the nation. Benjamin Franklin served as the first postmaster general, leading the mission to build a trusted network of public infrastructure and connect people...
A big topic on the minds of everyone right now, especially parents, teachers and children, is going back to school. Amid all the uncertainty, everybody is doing their best in trying to provide some stability and certainty for students and their education. While things may be constantly changing for...
The wind energy industry remains one of the fastest growing in the U.S. It has not only increased capacity, but provided consumers and utilities with clean energy while creating additional economic benefits, such as tax revenue, career opportunities and direct payments to landowners who host...
“Reading to Lori”
I’ve been reading to Lori.
Lori is my husband, Peter’s, older sister. She has cancer and has been battling it for a while now. She uses oxygen to help out and catching this virus would be terrible for her, so Peter and I are extra careful, in large part because I’d like to keep...
The age of every American citizen averages out to be 37 years.
The current presidential candidates are 74 and 77, respectively.
The Senate Majority leader is 78. The Speaker of the House is 80.
The average age of the senate is 62, while the average of the House is 57.
I’m sure at this point it...
Prior to ratification of the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920 and its formal certification on Aug. 26, 1920, many small steps eventually led to suffrage (women’s right to vote). It all started on June 12, 1840 when Lucreita Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lady Byron tried to attend the World Anti-...
“It’s the economy, stupid” was the catch phrase of the 1992 presidential campaign. Does the phrase still hold true today?
The Pew Research Center’s July 27-Aug. 2 survey of U.S. adults revealed the economy is the top issue—out of 12—for the 2020 election. Voters feel Donald Trump (Rep.) leads Joe...
