Opinion

The final quarter

The ink was barely dry on my last column when I noticed the seasonal shift. The days are getting shorter; the nights are getting colder. The leaves are either not green or not there. It’s time to trade windbreakers for down coats and cotton blankets for wool comforters. It’s time to have gloves on hand and an ice scraper at the ready.

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LETTERS: Get money out of politics

I have never been impressed by money, just a quirk of mine. In my opinion, money is a tool like a key or a knife. Tools are used for good (e.g. chopping carrots) or destruction (e.g. killing). We need some money, of course, but sometimes it’s used to deceive and sell us things we don’t need.

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Aliens we’d be wiser not to deport

“Project Earth,” (2024) by Lupton-based author Jay Fiondella, is a plot-driven thriller with elements of science fiction. With a central thesis that the human species needs a serious intervention, Fiondella brings an ambitious if familiar tale of extraterrestrials walking among us and attempting to give us a nudge in a better direction at a critical moment in time.

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