Opinion Archive

I’ve become one of those people who give directions by telling people where things used to be. Usta be.
When we moved to Milton in 1995, I drove around in my car to learn the town, the streets. I …

I first heard of tough love when I was in my twenties. I thought to myself, “I will be that kind of parent – will always do what I have to do to make my child strong.”
Wow.
It’s a great idea, a…

The very public execution of Comrade Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un, reminds us of the brutal nature of dynastic power and what totalitarian Communist dictators do.
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Monday 12:55 p.m.
 
Here's one for you.  United States Postal Service flubs it again.  Just before going on a week's vacation, I contacted the USPS and scheduled a 7 day hold on my mail deliver…

Throughout this holiday season, many organizations within the local area are working diligently to help those in need.  While receiving information and promoting those groups in the paper, my perspec…

Thursday 12:46 p.m.
 
This is Raymond and thank you for the opportunity to speak what's on my mind.  I was wondering what it is that makes grown people still try to tell their children there is…

Saturday 9:24 p.m.
Jeff here.  Going through Saturday's paper for the third time and I see nothing about the fence on Hickory Hammock.  It's on public property so a news agency should have no prob…

I’m pleased that with tonight’s vote in the Senate, for the first time in years, both parties in both houses of Congress have come together to pass a budget.  It’s a budget that unwinds some of the d…

Originally published December, 2013

College football rivalry can divide a home, cause an argument but also be excellent copy for a new book.  Two of Santa Rosa County's daughters decided to step out and take a personal look at the reve…