Opinion
Wow, the crops look great, and our yards are lush green as the rain keeps coming at the opportune time.
Joe Whittaker at the water plant reports that as of June 30th (the midway point in the year), we have received officially 20.78 inches of rain. That is about halfway to our annual average of...
“It is a very natural thing that weak and vicious minds should be inflamed to acts of violence by the kind of awful mendacity and abuse that have been heaped upon me for the last three months by the papers.” Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly boy who was berated by his father...
Dear Editor.
You know someone has lost an argument is when they play any of the "cards" we see used by unserious thinkers.
At the June 18th Cameron school board meeting, a teacher stated those who oppose vile depictions of unmentionable sexual acts are bigots, racists, and misogynists. She claims...
The Power in His Name
Fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,
In late November of 2022, my eldest son and I did some remodeling at his house, which is over 100 miles away from mine. We worked hard until dark and we were tired. In hindsight I should have stayed the night there, but I chose to...
My first column, while a reporter for the Bossier Press-Tribune, I named Nitpicking and Grinning because my style, like the play-on-word concert genre I based it on, felt meandering with punchlines and analogies sprinkled throughout. I guess the name kind of stuck, but until it was never more than...
As gentleman, who believes in fair sport, I highly recommend you read Quinten Lovejoy’s letter to the editor here before going any further.
Now that you’ve read it, read it one more time. After all, reading the first time is entertainment, reading a second time is comprehension.
A lesson I keep...
Dear Editor;
I write to help you readers understand additional unreported facts and circumstances related to your June 8, 2023 article about the recent Park Board appointments.
1) I did not state I was unaware of the vacancy until the afternoon of the meeting. I stated I was unaware I was being...
There comes a time when an editor has to take stand against those attempting to put him down the raise themselves up or fall prey to the assumptions of a loud and arguably malevolently motivated few.
Earlier this month, I rejected a letter to the editor by Dan Landi. It contained maliciously false...
Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” But as you chart your financial course, what steps should you take to help you keep moving forward to where you want to go?
Consider these suggestions:
• Establish and quantify your goals. Throughout your life, you’ll...
Each passing season brings changes that affect our immune system. While changing seasons are not the ultimate reason for illness, they do bring changes that affect the immune system. The changing seasons bring about different eating patterns, food-related traditions, affect food...
