Opinion

Body Every year, during the last few days of June, I sit at my computer and wait impatiently for the most important Supreme Court decisions to be announced.

Body GUEST COLUMNIST We are the Cubs from Den 3/And no one could be prouder/If you cannot hear our shout/We’ll yell a little LOUDER.

Body GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: How can I get potted bougainvilleas to rebloom in the summer? I was advised to use a fertilizer that is high in phosphorus. I’m not sure it has helped.

Body GUEST COLUMNIST When I was a young adult living under my parents’ roof, my late father always made sure I had Beanee Weenees, Vienna sausage, potted meat and other such snacks to take to my graveyard-shift factory job.

Body GUEST COLUMNIST The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the most trusted barometer of children’s classroom progress, has just delivered bad but expected news. Post COVID- 19 lockdown testing found that kids are going backwards in both reading and math.

Body GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: Please identify this mystery plant that is growing in my lantana bed. I don’t want to pull it if it would be an attractive groundcover, but I don’t want it to take over the entire bed.

Body GUEST COLUMNIST Facebook has a feature called Memories, which culls from old posts and allows you to see what was of interest on any given date over the years that you’ve been on the platform.

Body GUEST COLUMNIST The national debt broke the $32 trillion barrier this week. It’s a number so huge it’s incomprehensible to the average citizen.

Body “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Body GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: What are these cocoons? They are moving around, so they are obviously living. Are they harmful or beneficial? They are bagworms, perhaps misplaced but identical to the larvae that devour the needles off junipers and cypresses.