Opinion

Bradley Manning is the 24-year-old Army intelligence analyst who has been in solitary confinement for more than 18 months. During the Christmas holidays the U.S. Army heard evidence as to whether this soldier should face a full court martial and serve a lifetime in military prison.

"An evil action cannot be justified by reference to a good intention." - St. Thomas Aquinas

Society and the media lead us to believe that having lots of money and material things is the ticket to happiness. Recent research suggests otherwise.  Let’s look at money as an example.  

The recent news that Saint Louise Regional Hospital is considering placing a sales tax initiative on the November ballot is a wake up call.

While shopping over the holidays, I ran into an old friend. "It's great to see you, but you're literally half the person I remember," I told her. She had dramatically lost weight, having recently undergone a gastric bypass - a stomach stapling surgery performed on obese people to rapidly lose weight.

On Sunday, Jan. 15, Bethany Community Church will host its third annual prayer breakfast honoring the great U.S. civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It will be held at 8:30 a.m. in the Gavilan College Student Union Cafeteria; admission is $25 for adults and $15 for children.