July 15, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion

Shifty Powers, a hero

I have been chastised for not putting all the celebrities that we lost and what they meant to us. I hate to lose young people, and most of those celebrities were young compared to me. More...

Ebony Dots & Dashes

Mrs. Hattie L. Gilmore, the daughter of the late Mr. Benton and Mrs. Ethel Maude Williams, visited her family here last week. She returned home on last Saturday and found all well. She lives in Texas. Mr. Pat Douglas, the father of Mr. J.E. More...

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As You See It

Sarah Palin finally did something I agree with. Now if only our city council, all but one of our county commissioners, mayor and city manager would follow her lead. More...

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Dear President Obama

This is an editorial that appeared in the Griffin, newspaper, written by Pastor Herb Flanders of the United Methodist Church. More...

What's in a Name?

College football season must be just around the corner. School mascots are already in the news. And the news isn't pretty. It's that political correctness thing. More...

Forgotten fonding wisdom

"Sacred and undeniable." That's how Thomas Jefferson originally described the basic American rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Of course, Ben Franklin changed these to "inalienable" rights, and a printer's error resulted in th More...

Mortal life ends, but not love-

Most of us have a friend who grew up alongside us, whose personality was shaped by the same people, places and institutions that shaped us. A friend who knew us soul-deep without trying. It's difficult to bury a friend like that. More...