Category Opinion

Book review: “It’s Your Funeral”

How do you say “goodbye”? How can you let go, knowing that it’s the last time, the last moment, that the laughs you shared, the meals, the trips are over? How do you take your leave, and leave behind nothing but good memories? You read “It’s…

And then it rained

After months of nary a drop of precipitation, Keizer will finally see rain this weekend. According to forecasters, it could be significant rain. The first reaction is thank, goodness…at last. The second, and more important reaction is more tangible. After weeks and weeks without rain,…

America is still strong

Does anyone not remember where they were on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 when terrorists crashed into New York City, Arlington, Virg., and Shanksville, Penn.? One is shocked anew when revisiting video of planes smashing into the towers of the World Trade Center and then those…