Speak Out – Jan. 2, 2013
Monday 5:58 p.m. I know it don’t very cost very much to have a light in your street. We have had a light for many years since we move here on (not understood) drive. A lot of people don’t have that a…
Overheard – Jan. 2, 2013
WHO WILL WIN THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP?
Hall Fighting Irish!! Carla Carter
Roll Tide Roll Brittney Camp
ALABAMA Lisa Seale
Roll tide baby Erica Davis Crandall
Roll tide roll! Irish soup !!!…
Letters to the Editor – Jan. 2, 2013
Time for bold action on biofuels
President Obama’s re-election paves the way for him to actually pursue the “all of the above” energy strategy he has promised. After a series of government-backed …
Speak Out – Dec. 29, 2012
Saturday, 11 p.m. Yes, I think it’s time for prayer and to help (not understood) what working we do to heal the country. We need to heal the country with love and get along with our neighbors and fri…
Our View – A modern-day duality
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light,…
Looking back at the big events of 2012
Here is my annual look back at the year that was: 1. Hillary Clinton denied knowing much about the Benghazi attacks, and then said she had a “concussion” and could not testify. It made us all feel no…
Teens constantly walk the line of naughty and nice
With many kids gearing up for a holiday at home, their parents may soon be wrestling with the question of the season, “naughty or nice?” In making the calculation about their teenager’s behavior, it’…
What should the West do about Middle East and democracy?
Here’s the first paragraph of my last year’s column “Democracy Is Impossible”: “After Moammar Gadhafi’s downfall as Libya’s tyrannical ruler, politicians and ‘experts’ in the U.S. and elsewhere, incl…
Home from Africa for the holidays
When she first told me she wanted to go to Africa for two years to serve in the Peace Corps, I knew she would eventually do it. She does everything she sets her mind to accomplish. My daughter, Charl…
Letters to the Editor – Dec. 26, 2012
Developmentally disabled children and institutionalization ARC Gateway was saddened to learn, through the ARC of Florida, that the state might have institutionalized hundreds of children with intelle…