Category: Opinion

by World Animal Protection U.S When Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, the average U.S. life expectancy was around 57 years. Today, largely thanks to the era of antibiotics that he created; life expectancy now stands at 79. The discovery of antibiotics is considered one of, if not the single, greatest achievement in therapeutic medicine. But we stand to undo all this historic work through our rampant overuse of important medicines, and nowhere is this misuse more obvious than in the farming sector. While use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed and water has been increasingly phased…

By Jack Mint EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a series of short stories written by local thespian Jack Mint. Mint submitted these stories for a 250-word writing contest. The writing contest is called NYC Midnight and hosts short-story and screenplay contests nationally where writers are tasked with writing and submitting a story in 24 hours. Others writers interested in participating in the contest can go to nycmidnight.com. He points at the 200-foot-long wing and says there’s 100 nozzles for spraying paint. The reporter’s face crinkles at this. Fumes worm into the roof of her mouth. Tongue pressed…

By Jack Hommell Without getting syrupy or maudlin about it at all, we are fortunate to live in this area of Arizona and Mohave County. There are many, many reasons to be thankful for all the bounty we experience day by day. I won’t try to enumerate the blessings, I’ll just ramble along, noting them as they come to mind. We have, first and foremost, some of the best weather in the entire country. It gets warm for the most of the summer, with a few scorcher days. In the short winter, we have a very few frosty days and…

By Jack Hommell Without getting syrupy or maudlin about it at all, we are fortunate to live in this area of Arizona and Mohave County. There are many, many reasons to be thankful for all the bounty we experience day by day. I won’t try to enumerate the blessings, I’ll just ramble along, noting them as they come to mind. We have, first and foremost, some of the best weather in the entire country. It gets warm for the most of the summer, with a few scorcher days. In the short winter, we have a very few frosty days and…

Dear Editor, Help! My father has lived in Kingman about 30 years. Recently for the last three months his property has been damaged by multiple cows walking through it. Just recently, he returned home from visiting me in Las Vegas to find his property damaged and lights broken by cows walking on it. He is on a corner in the Vista Bella area. A call to animal control only resulted in them saying the cows were free to roam regardless of the damage they do. This has happened to many neighbors and now my 78-year-old father has to work out…

Dear Editor, Though I write from Oregon, I hope you will still run as your readers are impacted by this potentially. In your community there are people who have had the procedure called ECT or electroshock. In the last decade, use has greatly increased, and is used for many reasons now, and offered readily at leading facilities. Used at leading facilities. I speak on behalf of my peers, as many cannot. We are showing damages on MRI, EEG,neuro/cognitive testing, and SPECT. This is a public health issue that needs to come to light. As a result of receiving this untested…