Posted inColumns
Basura: An update on Emperor Donald’s new clothes
“Life isn’t about finding ourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw What will the Donald wear for the big parade? It’s going to be a big one. This…
Posted inColumns
Army Bob: High school teacher shows hatred, ignorance
by Robert M. Traxler Gregory Salcido, the El Rancho High School teacher and elected Pico Rivera City Councilman and former mayor, stated the comments below to his high school government…
Posted inColumns
Yes It Is, It’s True: Railside’s business integrity shines
"No good deed goes unpunished" — American dramatist Clare Boothe Luce, as well as an oft-quoted proverb. I really did feel like a 197-pound weakling Tuesday when I failed in…
Posted inColumns
Ranger Rick: Why I believe that Obama is a Marxist
A number of readers of this publication commenting about my assertions President Barack Obama was a Marxist will be addressed in this column. Remember a few nights before Barak Obama…
Posted inColumns
Basura: An upcoming visit to the other side of ‘The Wall’
“A man’s at odds to know his mind, because his mind is all he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but he don’t want to. Rightly…
Posted inColumns
Yes It Is, It’s True: No Super Bowl for 45 straight years
The Super Bowl has started as I write this, and for the 45th consecutive year, "I'm not going to watch it. I'll just have to miss it." And this has…
Posted inColumns
One Small Voice: The difference between ‘kind’ and ‘nice’
by Lynn Mandaville Recently, I had an experience at our local pharmacy that got me pondering the meanings of two seemingly synonymous words. The experience was this: I was filling…
Posted inColumns
Guest column: We are proud Spartans, despite Nassar
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a guest column written by Pamela Heijerman, a sophomore at Michigan State University and an alumna of Martin High School. by Pamela Heijerman With multiple sexual…
Posted inColumns
Army Bob: Mexico’s higher killing rate and drug trade
According to a report attributed to Reuters, the year 2016 saw 25,000 murders in Mexico. The United States, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, saw nearly 17,250 murders in…
Posted inColumns
The Subterranean: ‘Paddington 2’ softens hardest heart
**** out of five stars Currently in theaters by Walter G. Tarrow The sweetest movie ever made. A treacly confection lovingly crafted to soften the hardest of hearts. And for you…