Opinion

To the Editor: As members of the Putnam County Mural Project, we wanted to extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to the community for your support of the Putnam County Mural Festival, which concluded on Sept. 24. Thank you, first, to our donors, who made this festival possible. ...

You probably remember the Volkswagen Passat Darth Vader commercial from the Super Bowl about 10 years ago. With the foreboding tones of “The Imperial March” playing, a pint-sized Sith lord marches around the house, trying in vain to use The Force to move something. He tries and fails to get any reaction out of an elliptical machine, the yellow lab lounging in the living room, the washer and dryer, a green-eyed baby doll and a lunchmeat sandwich...

Years ago, Walmart and Sam’s Club strangely started swiping your cash register receipt with a yellow highlighter as you left the building. No way were they matching what you bought with what was on the receipt. It never seemed like they were even counting purchases and checking for the right number...