Category Archives: Opinions
Food safety in power outages
There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and not all of it is good. We need to be aware of what’s going on around us, especially with the important things like our food.
FoodSafety.gov has become my go-to for all types of food safety information. At this writing, the headlines on their opening page include an investigation into an outbreak of salmonella in cucumbers, lead in imported cookware, listeria in ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and poultry, and three ways to keep your food safe when you lose power.
The section “Food Safety During Power Outages” of FoodSafety.gov has
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Sign up now for ‘25 sports clinic
Registration for the 2025 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic is now open. Scheduled to take place in San Diego this summer August 23-30, veterans who want to go should get started now on the application process. Those who are eligible 
could get a free round-trip plane ticket, so it’s worth the time to get started on your application. Registration cuts off on March 1.
Go online to va.gov and search for “National Veterans Summer Sports
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His love is waiting for our love
No matter what the negative naysayers declare about the absence of the love of God, do not allow these dark imaginations to be absorbed into your conscience.
Let us accept the fact that after God created the heavens and the earth and everything in it, the Almighty keeps repeating, “And God saw that it was good.” He passionately loved everything He made and still does. Take a moment and read the first chapter of Genesis for yourself. Allow these words to saturate your soul, as you realize He is also talking about you. He created you as one of His finest masterpieces, and for you to not embrace how special and adored you are, means you are refusing to accept spiritual reality.
I want to encourage you today and remind you how highly God thinks of you. Since He is infinite and knows everything that has happened and will happen,
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Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s
In Matthew, 22:15-23, we read how the Pharisees challenge Jesus about the lawfulness of paying taxes to the Roman Emperor.
Though they were asking about a controversial contemporary political question, Jesus responds with a transcendent spiritual Truth, which talks about the relationship between the material and the spiritual.
As we read in Matthew 22:19, “they handed him a silver piece. Jesus asked, “Whose image is this and whose inscription? ‘Caesar’s,’ they replied. He said to
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Guard yourself against AI tricks
The year is off to a roaring start when it comes to scams. To hear the experts tell it, we have AI to thank for a lot of it. AI, or 
artificial intelligence, is enhancing some of the scams that were already out there and creating more as the technology increases.
Our goal: to get through 2025 without losing a single dollar to the crooks.
Last month the FBI put out an alert focusing on scams created by artificial intelligence and ways to protect ourselves.
AI-generated text creates fake social media profiles, emails, websites and texts that push financial frauds like investment
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Letters to the Editor 1-8-25
A civic resolution for the New Year
Dear Editor,
Would you consider a totally different kind of New Year’s resolution? One that increases your ability to affect your local government?
Would you resolve to attend a single meeting of local elected government body? You have many to choose from — county
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It’s a scary New Year
The New Year is scary because you don’t know what it’s going to bring. It is like Halloween and Christmas mixed together. You have the “monsters” of bad habits you need to fight off while the “ghosts of past mistakes” swirl through your head, 
keeping you awake at night.
As the New Year begins, it is time to reflect on those mistakes and resolve to do better. Making resolutions is a way to commit ourselves to doing better. We
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Making God’s will a priority
Are you confident that God is watching you, listening to your words and searching your heart during times of difficulty or making a request?
It’s not that uncommon to hear people say that sometimes they feel their prayers are bouncing off the ceiling and cannot explain why or how this could be happening. These times of spiritual discouragement are fairly common, but it does not mean that our messages are going to voicemail. He is Omnipresent which means He sees and hears everything instantaneously. Others will testify
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Heavy metals in our dark chocolate
It appears that our beloved dark chocolate candy bars can contain dangerous amounts of lead and cadmium — the dark chocolate we intentionally chose for its health benefits like lower blood pressure and antioxidants that protect cells from damage.
Consumer Reports did research to test the levels of lead and cadmium in dark chocolate candy bars. Of the 28 different dark chocolate bars
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New life insurance premium discount
If you have life insurance through the Department of Veterans Affairs, you’ll be pleased about what’s coming in 2025: a discount in your premiums.
Whether you are insured with Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (VGLI), Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) or Family Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (FSGLI), your premiums will be
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