Op Ed

What is happening in the world hangs over us, making that agony seem to overtake the ecstasy of being together.

I keep hearing and seeing the term “an abundance of caution” in relation to people’s behavior in dealing with the coronavirus, which is a world-wide pandemic.

Sometimes I’m stuck in traffic, look up, and see a gorgeous sunrise that I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.

Just keep in mind that one day we will all be gone, and none of this online stuff will matter anymore.

It is the first day of 2020 and, in all honesty, there is not much we can say about this year right now, so there is a tendency to look back at 2019 and think about all that happened.

Greta Thunberg started out all alone, but she’s not alone anymore.

Teachers – from nursery school up through higher education – hold one of the most important jobs in our nation.

It is incongruous not just in soccer but all sports that female athletes get paid less than male players.

Every third Sunday in June we celebrate Father’s Day, and it is worth noting that men who get called “Dad,” “Papa,” “Pop” or whatever other way it can be said deserve their special day.

As world leaders gathered in England and France to solemnly mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, it is necessary and compelling to remember those lost.