What is the role of government?
In his State of the Union address to Congress, the very Democratic President Obama made good use of a thought from the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln. As he transitioned from talking about education to an outline of his plans for energy and the environment, Obama said that "Government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more."
Chinese play huge part in California history
Lately, I've been considering learning Mandarin. With the
Time to put the fat and lazy dog on a diet
It's a sad day in the Sontag house. I have had to put our dog,
Pintello Comedy Theatre presents ‘Skin Flick’
Gather Brad Nye, Whitney Pintello, Nick Fryou, Sarah Smith and Ronnie Misra and you have an adept group to provide a laugh a minute offering. The production moves with super timing that keeps tickling the funny bone without stopping for the length of the play. As usual as with Pintello’s production their secret weapon is the players have as much fun as the audience, which always makes a visit to one of these productions an enjoyable hoot.
Scratched eye isn’t healing
Q: We took Fiber, our terrier, to the vet for an injury to his eye. He scratched his cornea running after a ball in the bushes. The vet gave us some antibiotic ointment to put in his eye once or twice a day. But he’s not getting any better. The vet wants to see him again to do some tests and we’re not sure what to do. Should we take him to a specialist? Why isn’t the eye getting better?
Nephew’s too-short life had a huge impact
Last Saturday, I did something I never imagined I’d have to do in a million years: I spoke at my 7-month-old nephew’s funeral.
“Beer hole” gets plenty to cheer about, including one of the best shots of the day
The beer was flowing Saturday and the cheers were loud.
Ugandan children’s choir performs in Morgan Hill
Earlier this summer children attending the Vacation Bible School sponsored by the Morgan Hill United Methodist Church learned about Uganda as part of their mission program. Now they have an opportunity to actually meet children from that African nation.






