Flag Day and the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army are moments when we can be proud, as well as humbled, to live in the United States. This country offers us magnificent ideals to live up to, yet has a ...

Can what we learned in kindergarten help us heal as a nation? An old friend reached out to me recently. I was 5 years old when I moved into her neighborhood, and she was my first best friend in a new ...

In response to the Nov. 17 Sentinel article: “Federal regulator issues warning for Santa Cruz-based Onewheel”: I was already a reasonably skilled rider using my Onewheel according to manufacturer ...

Recently, there have been many articles concerning 9/11. All of them say we should “never forget” and then give opinions on what the lesson is to be learned from that terrible day. So far I have yet ...

I found the question posed by Judy K. Jones in her letter to the editor on April 1 interesting, albeit in a sad way. In her letter, Ms. Jones asked the question, “Will state legislators have the ...

My brother pushed the old suitcase into my hands. “Here, you take this!” There was a note on the front, in Mom’s hurried handwriting: “Letters Tony wrote to me during war + other Misc.” It was 2008, ...

Billy came home from school, crying, and told his dad that a classmate at school was charging $1.25 for a candy bar, and he and his classmates couldn't afford the price. "That's inflation," shouted ...