Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, A woman has never told me she felt good about her abortion. For 39 years I served in pastoral roles in different places. I had numerous women tell me they felt like they had no choice. Some said they felt pressured to abort. Many were medical emergency situations and it was life or death for the mother.  A dear family I’ve known for a few years lost their daughter and the baby in what was supposed to be a delightful day of bringing a new baby into the world.  Things went terribly wrong and they both died. Twenty-five years…

Dear Editor, I am delighted to share a few of the remarkable accomplishments Mohave Community College (MCC) made in 2023 and our anticipations for an even more eventful and innovative 2024. I will attempt to be brief as I share some of the many new and exciting developments happening at your local College, including workforce training initiatives, our positive economic impact, the creation of new academic programs, new facilities, and much more.   I want to begin by saying our communities can take pride in the significant value and benefits the College contributes to Mohave County. This year, enrollment once again…

Dear Editor, People occasionally will ask about my upbringing, family life and Appalachia roots. So, here is my song that I wrote and recorded titled Coal Miner’s Son. Maybe you can relate to some parts of the following lyrics.  Daddy slept all day, worked all night Got home early by dawn’s daylight. Mommy made gravy biscuits and eggs fried apples, we had it made. Worked in the fields, cut a little hay, Friday morning, daddy got paid. Cows in the fields, hogs in the lot, morning and the  evening we made a little slop.  Bought some food at Grandpa’s store,…

Dear Editor, It’s beginning to look like the Supreme Court is going to be tested in a couple of dicey situations looming on the horizon. Very soon, it will be expected to rule on whether the states have the right, under section three of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, to decide who is eligible to appear on their ballots for elected offices. The court recently ruled, in the Dobbs decision, the states have the authority to decide a woman’s access to health care in the form of an abortion, no matter the circumstances, whether it is necessary or…

Dear Editor, It’s beginning to look like the Supreme Court is going to be tested in a couple of dicey situations looming on the horizon. Very soon, it will be expected to rule on whether the states have the right, under section three of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, to decide who is eligible to appear on their ballots for elected offices. The court recently ruled, in the Dobbs decision, the states have the authority to decide a woman’s access to health care in the form of an abortion, no matter the circumstances, whether it is necessary or…

Dear Editor, 2024 is here and congratulations – you are here to celebrate! This is the time of the year when people are making New Year’s resolutions. Typically, the most common is to lose a few pounds.  I suspect you want to lose a couple of pounds. Maybe you need to lose a lot of pounds. Many of us do. From September 1 through December, 27 I gained 15 pounds. I know, that’s really bad. I wasn’t bad for four months but I had a few good spells of being bad. On September 1st, I weighed 198 pounds. Then on…