Opinion Archive

I am the Recruiter for the Guardian Ad Litem Program. The program strives to serve all the children in Santa Rosa County but often times we come up short. This event, The Forgotten Child, memorialize…

Published April 10, 2013
 
Friday – 5:46 p.m.
 
Yes, I think the North Korean leader, either he's a bully or he want to play GI Joe with the world. And the visit with Rodman thing helped.…

Homosexuality and gay marriage are two of the most unnecessarily divisive social issues facing this nation.
 
Licking their wounds from the last election, Republicans look to return to their ro…

A couple of weeks ago, Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson, speaking at The National Press Club, said the nation "would never tolerate white unemployment at 14 and 15 percent." Black u…

The S&P 500 posted its best closing ever last Thursday. Just a few weeks before, the Dow hit a record high and announced it had now erased all losses from the Great Recession. Fourteen of the 100 lar…

There is a misconception about volunteering.  Many think that volunteering is about giving your time to help an organization or a group with a special project or a need; that the focus of the volunte…

During our five years as teammates with the Tampa Bay Bucs, we forged a bond that will endure the rest of our lives. That’s what happens when you dedicate yourselves to a common goal and know you can…

Professor Craig Frisby is on the faculty of University of Missouri's Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology. His most recent book is "Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minor…

A year ago, on April 15, 2012, my dad died. The last lucid conversation I had with him was on Easter. We spoke, but he didn't sound right, so I had him put my aunt on the phone and she told me his ch…

Wednesday, March 20
Hello this is Ian.
I'd like to know who put the nice billboard up there to let us know how many taxes we have to pay on different things.
And it takes a big billboard to …