Jul 3, 2014
Our View: Phony and fabricated scandals
President Obama said last January there isn’t a smidgen of corruption within his administration. He reiterated the fact this week and said the current scandals are “fabricated” and “phony.” How can …
Jul 3, 2014
Celebrating the Fourth, who will keep America going?
By Glenn Mollette
We live in an interconnected world. Energy, cars, televisions, clothes and much more are traded among the countries. There are positives with global trade. If we can't get a…
Jul 3, 2014
Weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq
Dear Editor,
With the invasion of Iraq by rebels or terrorists, depending on which country they are in, the news media reported on a Iraq ammo depot. The focus of the news report was the…
Jun 30, 2014
Where there is smoke, there’s fire
Dear Editor,
As a Constitutional lawyer and former teacher of the Constitution Barack Obama doesn't understand the 5th Amendment. Before the Super Bowel during an interview with Bill O'Reilly…
Jun 30, 2014
Musicians mistaken about GRITS
Current country music has me baffled. I’ve read recently if one wishes to know what America thinks about what’s happening in the world, listen to country music.
I can see that. Country music write…
Jun 26, 2014
Speak Out June 25
Wednesday 12:48 p.m.
This is Steven. I was just wondering why Escambia has a 10 cent per gallon increase to cover their ECAT transportation yet I noticed their gas prices are the same as Santa Ros…
Jun 23, 2014
Manual vs. fiction
When my husband and I first married we had one tall bookshelf. My collection of drama, British and American literature, Christian fiction and children’s books took up most of the shelves while Dan ha…
Jun 23, 2014
Slavery Reparations
Calls for slavery reparations have returned with the publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations" in The Atlantic magazine (May 21, 2014). In making his argument, Coates goes through t…
Jun 23, 2014
Pay for recycling sites via property tax
Either some information was left out of the article or the county commissioners didn’t apply their brains to the subject. In the article, Mr. Walker said “ECUA would use our central landfill as their…