Opinion

Dear Editor, Atheistic, secular, humanist educators believe atheistic, humanist education is the cure and solution for America’s problems.

For those of you who don’t know, my more respectable gig for the past quarter century, or so, has been teaching college English.

Sir Alec Guinness was one of Britain’s most celebrated actors. I first knew him as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. In his autobiography, Guinness described an odd event that occurred while he was walking through London.

Good nutrition is essential to lead a healthy life, and for normal growth and development. A lack of regular access to adequate and safe food may result in hunger and food insecurity.

Dear Neil: Trumpet vine is taking over my backyard. It’s growing up into my trees.

With the “fall back” clock change coming soon, one thing makes me especially grumpy and confused.

With seven weeks remaining before the 2022 midterm election, Republicans and Democrats have drawn their battle lines and staked out what each party considers their opponents’ political vulnerabilities.

Dear Neil: My crepe myrtles are covered with aphids, as are those in the neighborhood. Have I just not noticed them before, or is this an especially bad year for them? Is it too late in the season to worry about spraying for them?

KARAN’S KORNER Everybody is busy during fall. It’s the beginning of fall outdoor sports and fall activities.

In the fourth century, a young Egyptian peasant named Pachomius was abducted and forced into the Roman army, a common occurrence in that time. While awaiting transport up the Nile, Pachomius languished in a jail.