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…
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,…
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…
Speak Out – Dec. 26, 2012
Friday, 8:50 p.m. Hi, this is Bonnie. The Santa’s Fly-In that the Peter Prince Airport had Saturday was marvelous. I know it’s the second year they’ve had it. I believe everybody enjoyed themselves. …
RON HART: Day-O: Daylight come and I wanna go home
St. Lucia Starved for attention, liberal nut-job Harry Belafonte told the Most Rev. Al Sharpton on PMS-NBC last week that “There should be this lingering infestation of really corrupt people who sit …
WALTER WILLIAMS: 100 percent of nothing
JoAnn Watson, Detroit city council member, once said, “Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president, and there ought to be a quid pro quo.” In other words, President …
Overheard – Dec. 22, 2012
COLD WEATHER COMING Please encourage everyone to put their pets in a nice warm dry place. People shouldn’t be tying their pets outside, anyway. AlvaJo Allen
Yuck! Emily Hutchison
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Speak Out – Dec. 22, 2012
Sunday, 6:40 a.m. Yes, I’m calling in reference to the public transportation. Whether people realize it or not, these folks need this public assistance because there’s people that use this transporta…