I couldn’t help but have a potential fight catch my eye as a high school basketball game played out at a tournament over the holiday season.
Tis the season to be merry. Check that, angry.
We live in a strange time in American history.
Despite all the advances we’ve made medically, scientifically and technologically, we seem more divided as a nation than we have in a long time.
We live in a strange time in American history.
Despite all the advances we’ve made medically, scientifically and technologically, we seem more divided as a nation than we have in a long time.
Our New Year’s wish for Milton and Santa Rosa County is simple: Civility.
Nobody expects citizens in a free society to agree on every, or even most, issues. Diversity of thought is vital to good government, the best solutions produced by critical analysis and healthy debate.
A year ago, a new adventure began with covering sports in this area.
Our company bought the Press Gazette, and I’ll admit that I had my concerns about the extra responsibility and work that was now staring back at me.
A blank page, or screen in this digital age, is intimidating for a writer.
In your head is a jumble of ideas, each one a potential vehicle for a creative journey, but like cars in rush hour traffic, they are backed up with none moving forward.
DEAR EDITOR: “I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says,
‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?”
I love a good Christmas movie or TV special.
There are several we have on repeat at the Ricketts household that we watch just about every year and some of them multiple times a year.
This is my last column of 2022. I’ve never been more thrilled to say goodbye to a year. It’s been a tough year to say the least. And that’s an understatement.
Most of you know my dad died in early April. Meighan, who you often see recording my post-game interviews on the football field, lost her mom in late September.
I have a favorite Christmas hymn that I am uncomfortable singing. It is one of the most beloved Christmas hymns, and I love it too, with reservation. I am a man conflicted!
The hymn is “Away in a Manger,” a song mistakenly attributed to Martin Luther.
