Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, Families across America are celebrating high school and college graduations. American young adults are now faced with going to work or pursuing more education. Employers across America are looking for workers. Colleges are looking for students. Will you spend $25,000 to $60,000 per year to go to school? Or, will you go to work and earn $25,000 to $60,000 or more?  Some of America’s graduates will find jobs working for state or federal government entities. One acquaintance went to work for her state government and retired by the time she was 46. With a full state retirement benefit…

By Jack Mint Push yourself, Harriet, there’s no tortoise in this race to beat you. Her heart beat as fast as a plucked guitar string as she gained on Fiona Fox. Fiona snapped her teeth Harriet playfully. “If I pass you later, Hare, you better watch out.” Through the flapping noise the paper number 106 made on her back, she heard Fiona shout, “Don’t fall asleep this time!” Harriet leaned more into her run across the desert as if the wind could whip those words out of her long ears. It could for a moment. The repetition of her feet…

By Jack Mint Push yourself, Harriet, there’s no tortoise in this race to beat you. Her heart beat as fast as a plucked guitar string as she gained on Fiona Fox. Fiona snapped her teeth Harriet playfully. “If I pass you later, Hare, you better watch out.” Through the flapping noise the paper number 106 made on her back, she heard Fiona shout, “Don’t fall asleep this time!” Harriet leaned more into her run across the desert as if the wind could whip those words out of her long ears. It could for a moment. The repetition of her feet…

Dear Editor, Trumpist politicians today are like pubescent girls. When girls first come into possession of their curves, they start to realize the power they have to attract the gaze of boys. Some who lack good parental instruction take to believing they won’t need much other than hips and breasts to get what they want out of life. They lose interest in things that take effort. Ambitious Trump Republicans today have undergone a similar metamorphosis. They have found that a simple commitment to Trump and his claims provides a quick and easy pathway to what they want, whether it be…

Dear Editor, Trumpist politicians today are like pubescent girls. When girls first come into possession of their curves, they start to realize the power they have to attract the gaze of boys. Some who lack good parental instruction take to believing they won’t need much other than hips and breasts to get what they want out of life. They lose interest in things that take effort. Ambitious Trump Republicans today have undergone a similar metamorphosis. They have found that a simple commitment to Trump and his claims provides a quick and easy pathway to what they want, whether it be…

Dear Editor, Have something to look forward to every day. Work a job. Work in your apartment or house. Have an exercise or health outing of some kind. Clean out a closet. Read a book. Your goal may be to sit on the porch and watch nature or the traffic go by. We all need leisure days. If you have an idle day then plan to enjoy your time. Work on your health, mental and physical. Occasionally do a mind check. Clean out any garbage between your ears. Your mind is where you spend your life. Do away with negativity….