December 25, 2008 RSS feed / Opinion

A look back in history - 1987

I was talking with a fellow the other day - a guy about my age (50s) - about college classes he's been taking and the fact the classes are full of students who have little connection with relatively recent history. More...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

In 1897, Francis P. Church, an editorial writer at the New York Sun, wrote what is probably the most famous editorial ever written. More...

House speaker drama goes on

As the Texas House of Representatives prepares to come into session in mid- January, with a race to be its leader heavily under way, heed these words: "Big problems face the new session. Money will be needed to solve many of them. More...

Letters to the Editor

Views expressed in Letters to the Editor are those of the writers and not those of the South Jetty. Smoke-free center, please Before entering the Civic Center to decorate for the Holiday Forest, I could smell the cigarette smoke. More...













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