Charlotte Katz

Some things just don’t add up. Gasoline prices are staying high, costs to own and maintain a vehicle are certainly not getting any cheaper and unemployment is as high as most of us have ever seen, yet at the same time, many of us are being paid less. Continue reading →

It happens every January. After weeks of Christmas hype and Christmas buildup and joy, joy, joy, smiling until we hurt, knocking ourselves out with planning, pleasing and purchasing -- the big day comes, the presents are unwrapped, and then… all we have to show for it are five extra pounds, stacks of empty boxes and a mountain of credit card debt. Ho, ho, ho, indeed. Continue reading →

The underlying premise of democratic rule in this country: that government, based on the consent of the governed, is instituted in the first place for the very purpose of securing the natural rights of the people, including, not least, the implied right to know what their government is doing, presumably on their behalf, so that they can give or withhold their informed consent. Continue reading →

Coaches show rule no mercy Dear Editor: Re: the mercy rule. Sometime back, a writer decried the fact that some coaches, even though their teams are far ahead of their opponents, continue to run up the score as much as they possibly can. For this reason a mercy rule had to be instituted because some coaches evidently do not believe in sportsmanship and fair play. Continue reading →

Ever since it was discovered that an airplane loaded with highly explosive fuel was an effective weapon, terrorists have continued to find new and creative triggers in their misguided attempts to prove something Continue reading →