Reflections & Observations: What a Difference a Word Makes
There’s now an office of “Homeland Security” in the White House...

COMMENTARY: ‘Voices Of Negativism’
WASHINGTON - Preparing to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee where to get off Thursday, Attorney General John Ashcroft lashed out...

Letters To The Editor

Bay City Beat: Dear Santa: Whew!
Christmas at our house always meant the ritual of writing letters to Santa. There would be a large party at which the families of people my father worked with gathered...

Point of View: Hanukkah: Not Your Average Jewish Holiday
The holiday season is in full swing; Ramadan is almost over, Hanukkah is underway and Christmas is looming as retailers pray that consumers will voice their confidence in the U.S. economy with their wallets...

The Last Word: FALLOUT FROM TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL

In His Opinion: A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Sometime during the days between December 20 and 25, I will gather my family together and play a recording of Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales...”

In Her Opinion: Dylan’s First Hanukkah
Certainly, the true meaning of Hanukkah is not about getting gifts any more than the true meaning of Christmas is receiving presents under the tree...