Opinion Archive

Jeff Ates IV may be an early favorite to win Milton’s version of the Nobel Peace Prize.

OK, no such award exists, but, if his idea to move the planned wastewater treatment plant from its proposed location to property recently acquired from Santa Rosa County, the city should consider creating one.

It is HOT outside! As I am writing this it is 94 degrees Fahrenheit, or “foreign-heat,” as a beloved Canadian comedian once coined.

Canada is on the metric system, so my family would be complaining that it is a sweltering 35 degrees Celsius, which, I think you would agree, sounds more tolerable.

Athletes are supposed to be tough. No questions asked.

They are supposed to play through physical pain. And the mental pain they might be dealing with should never be an issue for them.

Recently, I found myself in an uncomfortable situation; I was in the men’s section of a local department store buying pants.

In my mind, I am still that young man whose leg length is greater than his waist girth. So, I head to the changing room with two pairs of pants, one pair that agrees with my illusion, the other that I know I am going to purchase.

I came across a blank Father’s Day card the other day while cleaning off my desk at home.

I can’t tell you when I bought it or why it was never sent. Perhaps it was an extra card that I planned to send out for Father’s Day down the road.

It’s summertime and those pests are back.

No, I don’t mean the tourists, and shame on you for thinking about our valued guests that way! I’m talking about the bugs, the mosquitos and all their hungry friends, who now lie in wait just outside your door.

In a little over a month, the Major League Baseball Draft will be underway.

It doesn’t quite bring the same hype, as the NFL Draft, but it’s still a big deal. A really big deal.

Back-to-back weeks of covering the state baseball and softball tournaments are in the rear-view mirror, and it seems now I finally have a moment to breathe with the official high school sports season wrapped up until the fall.

Pace’s baseball and softball teams both played at state, but neither was able to come away with a championship.

I have been a musician since being introduced to the guitar at age 11.

I studied music in high school, advanced in music theory, then pursued a music education degree at a university.