Opinion

“Come on, ring those bells…” Does anyone else remember these words to a Christmas song? I recall them often, but this week the bouncy melody has acquired new words.

The world is awash in crude oil, causing one of the largest oil shocks in history. This is happening as Saudi Arabia and Russia began an oil price war just as the COVID-19 crisis caused the greatest demand destruction in decades.

Dear Editor The cartoon in last week’s paper, “Covey,” had me wanting to redraw or add a picture of “Mother Earth smiling for the breath of fresh air, the reprieve from all the pollution.

Jesus made an interesting comment, recorded in the latter part of John 16.33: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” At different times we have probably all had trouble.

Observations from Isolation

Aren’t you fed up yet with COVID-19? I know I am. I’m fed up experiencing life under the pandemic, and even more fed up covering it. Every day it’s depressing COVID-19 in the news. If you feel depressed about the situation, know you’re not alone.

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Dear Editor With all the turmoil going on about COVID-19, it is easy to forget life goes on and other things are happening. The Conservatives are electing a new leader. This is an opportunity to have a say in who that leader will be.

The evening of Friday, March 27, I was hungry. Damned hungry. I’m not going to many restaurants these days, for obvious reasons, but I looked up on my phone how much it would cost me to buy a Big Mac. The answer was $5.89, plus tax.

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