To The Editor: After getting the DFJ Newsletter for several years, I finally became a full subscriber and am glad I did. The local coverage is outstanding - much, much better than the local paper serving the much larger geographic area where I live now. The coverage of Lynx sports by Troy Banning is outstanding. Hamilton County residents are very fortunate to have the DFJ covering local news. Bill Matthew Los Osos, CA
To the Editor: It seems like network television is taking up more time in commercials these days.. Thank goodness for the mute button. But I got to noticing all of the meds they are advertising. As the British said when they watched the interview with Harry & Megan, "are all Americans sick?” In the last couple weeks or so I have kept a list of some of the names I have seen on TV. Here they are in alphabetical order: Austedo, Cabinuva, Coridan, Dovato, Dupixent, Eliquis, Fluzone, Goli, Humira, Ibrance Ingrezza, Kisqali, Nurtec, Otezla, Ozempic, Regeneron, Rinvoq, Rybelsus, ...
The autumn season offers many outdoor activities. Some folks like to go hunting and others know that ice-fishing is not far away. But there are some, probably more than you would think, that look forward to this time of year for open water fishing. They know that right now, in rivers ...
Sixty years ago I would have given up ice cream if I could have stayed home from church. My parents took their six ornery kids to church most any time the lights were on and their six ornery kids were not always excited about that. Six decades later my thoughts about church have been rehabilitated. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center indicates that only 36 percent of Americans attend church weekly. My wife and I are in that minority. Though I came to faith as a youngster, my teen years were messy. While I went through the motions my heart wasn’t always in it. Fortunately (and ...
When I was in junior high school I enjoyed looking at the composite photos of past high school graduates from our school. The large, framed photos lined the walls of the hallway just outside our study hall; each in the order of their graduating year. I would graduate in 1966 (I hoped) and those who had graduated in the 1930s and 1940s seemed so old. Here it is 2021 and high school graduation is 55 years behind me. I must seem ancient to today’s junior high/middle school kids. What seemed like such an important event 60 years ago is now but a blip on my memory timeline. In reality, I ...
To the Editor: Every time I hear someone say they want the two parties to work together, I cringe. I know life gets busy with family and jobs, but please pay attention to what is going on in Washington D.C. and Des Moines right now. Senator Mitch McConnell publicly announced on May 5th he is 100% focused on stopping President Biden's administration. Right now the Senate Republicans are filibustering a vote on the debt ceiling. To approve the ceiling 60 votes would be required, meaning 10 Republicans would need to cooperate. Contrary to what Republicans are telling their ...
