Apr 11, 2016
CASKEY: Volunteering is appreciated — and needed
As the 4-H extension agent for Santa Rosa County, I am often asked, “How do you get it all done?”
The truth is I cannot get it all done. I do not do it all. I work with a dedicated team of volunte…
Apr 7, 2016
HART: Trump needs to check his emotional baggage
Trump needs to check his emotional baggage
For us op-ed humorists, this election cycle has been more fun than bathing a monkey.
It has been a rough-and-tumble affair, pitting a should-be-indicted…
Apr 7, 2016
MOLLETTE: Choose life – it's a brief experience
Life is an opportunity to spend a brief period in this world.
During this minimal space of time, we are fortunate to enjoy what most others cannot. Most people who have ever lived are dead. Therefo…
Apr 5, 2016
MOLLETTE: Live your life, and be happy
Life is lived once. Be happy.
What should you be doing today?
What do you want to be doing today?
Where should you be today? Where do you want to be today?
An old friend, who recently died sa…
Apr 4, 2016
BUSH: The many beliefs of Donald Trump
Many pundits are saying Republican frontrunner Donald Trump had a horrible week.
I have to disagree.
They say the fact that Trump literally took five different positions on the politics of aborti…
Mar 31, 2016
News flash: You’re safer than you think
If you watch enough TV, you can’t help but be afraid.
You see the demolished airport lobby, the smoke-filled subway tunnel, the people covered in blood and tears, and you think, “that could be my a…
Mar 30, 2016
Nothing's going right in this election
“Shooting oneself in the foot” — the expression is used when someone does something inadvertently detrimental to oneself.
Most of us have been guilty of such at one time or another. Seldom, however…
Mar 10, 2016
Raising a Risk-averse Generation
Recently released statistics show that the percentage of adults younger than 30 who own a private business is the lowest in 30 years. Today, only 3.6 percent own a stake in a private company, compare…
Dec 8, 2015
Relocation of Syrian Refugees to the United States
The recent November 13 tragic terrorist attacks in Paris, France highlight both the difficulty in defending against a well-organized enemy intent on killing and maiming, as well as the need for stren…