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I read once about a psychologist who went to study people in Siberia, to find out how Siberians think. One question went like this: “In the Far North, where there is snow, all bears are white. Novaya Zembla (the name of a town) is in the Far North, and there …
Op-Ed/Letters
March, 2021
February, 2021
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13 February
Rep. David Cook sponsors bill to increase unemployment assistance to Arizonans
Working Together to Help Unemployed Arizonans There are two basic questions to ask about today’s unemployment assistance benefits: 1) Is $240 per week enough for a family to live on while unemployed? 2) Is unemployment supposed to be income replacement or a temporary safety net to bridge the gap and …
January, 2021
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23 January
January 6, 2021: A day that will live in infamy
We are interrupting our regular Op-Ed to bring you the voices of Senators and Representatives who were in the capitol on the day it was overrun by a mob, threatening violence to our democracy. Despite the breach which ended with five dead and a country shaken, Congress did reconvene that …
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11 January
San Carlos Chairman Rambler speaks out on behalf of voters and democracy
The violent assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was at best a display of unfettered privilege. More troubling was that this terrorist attempt to take over the Capitol was the first insurrection since the Civil War. Individually, the mob was lawless, obstructive, and dangerous. Collectively, this mob was an …
November, 2020
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22 November
The Fear Right Here
When people hear that I’ve been traveling for the past four years, they’ll usually ask me two questions. First: What’s your favorite country? I never know how to answer that one. I love them all. The second question tends to be: Weren’t you afraid? That’s easier to answer: Yes. Of …
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21 November
Local business owner asks city leaders why more isn’t done to market small business
TO: City of Globe, Mayor, Council RE: Marketing money I have always wondered why Globe does NOTHING to market itself outside of its borders. We have Besh ba Gowah, The 1910 Jail, The beautiful Center or the Arts, Pinal Mountain hiking/camping, the lake, Tonto and many other wonderful spots but …
August, 2020
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14 August
My Life as a Quaran-teen
By Natalie H. On the evening of February 26th, everything seemed perfect. My grades were good and my mom and I were at a meeting preparing for our school trip to Europe. We were going to Italy and France in March. I’d worked for a year to save for this …
July, 2020
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27 July
Good Rain
I’m in southern New Hampshire, visiting my brother at his new house – he’s just retired from the Army – and helping him put in a new vegetable garden. It’s a beautiful time to be in New Hampshire: temps are in the mid 70s to low 80s, and it rains …
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6 July
Tri-City Waste
By: Fred Barcon It’s with utter astonishment that I write yet another editorial. The Tri-City Regional Sanitary Board (TRSD) marches forward with their project, despite proof from neutral third-party engineering firm, Kimley-Horn, that concurs with what I have been pointing out for over 4 years. A third wastewater treatment plant …
June, 2020
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3 June
White Like Me
By: Diane Post At sixteen, I was traumatized in a ghetto in Chicago when I was there on a two-week work-study event with the Presbyterian Church. We twenty white and rural kids from Wisconsin went to the big city to meet and work with Black teenagers as a step toward dissolving …