To the editor:In this and in future eras, students in our public schools need to pursue a course of study under Citizenship in which they are taught how to recognize and to how resist Political Fantasy -- Political Propaganda.One of the popular ploys of the Propagandist is to make some ...
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such a devotion. UnknownA Bully Week!! Bully Breeds. What are bully breeds? Bully breed is a ...
Fishing Tip #1: Fish in heavily fished areas tend to be leery because they have been spooked too often. Fishing pressure can compromise your success in a big way. So, stay off the beaten trail-with summer's high-tides, it is easy to explore the far reaches of salt creeks and tide marshes. These ...
As officials at the state and local level look toward a soft reopening of some public places, health officials are warning of a new normal."While we work together to determine the next steps, one thing we know is that reopening will not be a return to life as we knew it before COVID-19," Lee ...
To the editor:Seldom has the misdirection of anything-but-lite Fort Myers Beach town government been more obvious than in the two stories on page 6 of your April 22 edition."Running out of patience" details how Pink Shell Resort owner Robert Boykin faces unprecedented challenges trying to keep ...
To the editor:Everyone is doing such wonderful things during the COVID-19 crisis. But there is one group we are forgetting and that's our trash collectors.They haul away everything from rotten food to used masks. I saw a collector pick up some trash today and some fell out of the truck. As he ...
The current COVID-19 challenges facing the world bring home some crucial lessons and learnings for all of us here in Southwest Florida. First of all, the facts and science behind understanding the virus, how it spreads and impacts our health, is the necessary driver for a public policy ...
This April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a worldwide movement to support environmental protection, as well as the first Digital Earth Day, promoted by global organizer Earth Day Network. Amid the current coronavirus global pandemic, Earth Day participants are encouraged to ...
Viruses have been top of mind lately - what they are, how they function, and the damage they cause.Because we're ocean people, we started to wonder about viruses in the ocean. Do viruses exist there? Who are their hosts? Is their biology the same? We decided to take a deep dive into marine ...
To the editor:To all "first responders," I apologize. When fire departments here ask for more money to buy equipment, we turned them down. When teachers ask for more money to teach and keep our children safe, we turned them down. Next time teachers, firefighters police, medical aid providers, ...
