Jan 21, 2014
Walter Williams – Politics and Minimum Wage
There's little debate among academic economists about the effect of minimum wages. University of California, Irvine economist David Neumark has examined more than 100 major academic studies on the mi…
Jan 21, 2014
Letter to editor: Christians beware!
Dear Editor,
“Mandela believed in God, was not a Christian” per his confidante. Surprisingly, admirably Mandela forgave his jailer. So did Corrie Ten Boom, a Christian whose sister died in prison.…
Jan 21, 2014
Letter to editor: Stifling speech
Dear Editor:
All this talk about being nice and not being negative is nice. What it is really about is stifling speech. The new batch of left wing newspaper reporters is even farther left t…
Jan 21, 2014
Old Man Winter strikes again
The wind blows cold and we’ve seen the realities of bitter temperatures and frozen pipes in Santa Rosa County. While the county usually experiences what we consider a cold winter, this extreme within…
Jan 20, 2014
Red Cross offers update on Haiti following 2010 earthquake
January 12, 2010 was a day unlike Haiti had ever seen. When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, generous donors responded immediately to provide lifesaving emergency relief to mi…
Jan 20, 2014
Kindness in the hen house
I have a small farm. I have two goats, about 25 chickens, (including a blind rooster named Foghorn), a dog and three cats.
My chickens are a motley crew. I have several different types and they…
Jan 17, 2014
Woman on the Edge: Decisions
All of us have to make decisions in life. These decisions fall on many different levels of difficulty – everything from what to eat and what to wear to where to live and what to do with our lives.
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Jan 17, 2014
Speak Out – January 15
Thursday 1:13 p.m.
Yeah, call me L.L, Cool. The reason I called is on December 1 I got a letter from the county traffic company about the light at Glover and Caroline. The letter said I ran a red…
Jan 13, 2014
I'm all astonishment, It's Downton Abbey time
It's Downton Abbey time again. Most people look forward to a particular season of sport, or even the beginning of the new television season in early fall. Some even have great anticipation of summe…
Jan 7, 2014
Letter to the editor no thank you
Dear Editor,
No thank you. We, the people of Santa Rosa County, do not want your one million dollar gift to us.
Thanks anyhow Mr. Byron Cotton for trying to give us 15 acres of land to bui…