Opinion

A community hospital is more than a place we go when something goes wrong. It is one of the essential pillars of a healthy and resilient community. When a medical emergency strikes, minutes, even seconds, matter. Having a hospital close to home can mean the...

The past few weeks have been among the darkest in modern Iranian history—for Iranians inside the country and throughout the diaspora. The pain is profound, relentless and almost impossible to put into words.  An entire nation is in mourning, suspended between grief and fragile hope...

Morgan Hill’s budget deficit must be addressed, but that shouldn’t result in any significantly reduced services.  Due to a widespread aversion among residents to any increase in tax levels, sometimes rightly so, we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. There is a...

Morgan Hill’s budget challenge is real, but it is not unusual—and it is not unsolvable. The familiar responses are to cut services or raise taxes.  While both remain options, there is a third path that deserves careful, open-minded consideration: selective service consolidation, particularly with the...

Back in 2020, I wrote a letter “Need more detail on Budget cuts.” The subject was raised again in a letter on options other than raising taxes or cutting jobs, and another on transparency in July 2025.  This year the City of Morgan Hill says...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept reserved for Silicon Valley boardrooms or science fiction novels. It is now woven into our daily lives—from the phones in our pockets to the way businesses market products, students learn and how news is gathered and...

As Morgan Hill moves toward the 2026 election, big national debates about religion and government are showing up close to home. Questions about democracy, religious neutrality, and the influence of Christian-nationalist politics now shape how local leaders talk about “separation of church and state,”...

As the calendar turns, there’s a natural temptation to rush forward—to close the book on 2025 as quickly as possible and greet 2026 with a fresh page and high hopes.  That instinct is understandable. This past year asked a lot of us. In big ways and...

The last two fatal mountain lion attacks in Morgan Hill date back to 1909. More recently, in Morgan Hill, there was a mountain lion encounter at Thousand Trails RV resort on Dec. 8, 2025. When a couple was walking a trail that borders the...

The following editorial appeared in The New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897 in response to a Letter To The Editor by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say that there is no Santa Claus. Papa says...