Category: Editorial

By Steve Flowers As the 2018 state elections begin, let’s take one last look at the 2017 Special Election to fill the remaining three years of Jeff Sessions’ six-year term which, by the way, comes up in two years in 2020. It is assumed by most astute political observers that the winner, Democrat Doug Jones, cannot win election to a full term in 2020, simply because he is a Democrat.…

To the editor: The new tax relief bill has now been passed by both the house and senate and signed by President Trump. No Democrat voted for this bill. Why? This bill is long overdue. It will give tax relief to hard working families, reduce and make filling out our taxes more simple, give more child credit, lower the business tax from 35 to 21 percent (which will give businesses…

Some emails you just hate to get. Especially one that starts like this: It is with great sadness and heavy heart … That’s how Billy Gates’ email started Friday, January 5, as he informed his email group about the passing of a friend. I had already read the subject line: Raymond Norris. And I had a feeling before I read the first line of the email. In a split second,…

By Nina Keenam In an article titled “The True Story of the Oregon Trail,” Emily Grosvenor wrote, “About one in every 200 travelers kept a journal: young girls, missionaries, pioneer wives, community leaders, adventuring single men. They wrote everything from great, expansive, narrative-rich entries to bare-bones lists of what happened on which day.” When my husband and I acquired our first RV, a 1964 Airstream trailer, we decided to keep…