Opinion

Many of us were legitimately confused on Jan. 22, 2017 when Kellyanne Conway uttered the phrase “alternate facts.”  President Donald Trump’s Senior Counselor during his first term of office dutifully defended Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s factually inaccurate statement that Trump’s inaugural had drawn the “largest...

Watsonville Community Hospital is in one of the most consequential periods since returning to public ownership. Today, the hospital is operating with roughly eight days of cash on hand. Before supplemental government payments, daily expenses exceed the cash coming in by approximately $85,000.  Those supplemental payments...

The Pajaronian recently published articles about potential closures of some services at Watsonville Community Hospital. I have a different view of our hospital’s situation that I would like to share. When WCH was purchased out of bankruptcy, it had less than 10 days’ cash. Most...

During an interview with the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph in August of 2025, Laura Loomer, one of President Trump’s fan-based advisors, discussed her growing informal influence inside political circles and staff decisions.  She proudly intimated that one of her friends had commented that she...