Opinions

Dear Editor:
Chris Bridges’ June 14, 2018 opinion piece (How Freedom of Speech Really Works) expressed the obvious, which the general media failed to emphasize in favor of fanning the drama flames to sell publications and get clicks. Those super-well-paid NFL player protesters, mostly black, got the attention they wanted and then should have deferred to their employers who have every right to fire or discipline as they choose.
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Government can be easily misguided and a dangerous creature at every level; be it municipal, county, state or federal government. [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor:
I recently attended a fourth grade “graduation” program. There were the usual academic awards. Each category’s winner would be announced followed by polite applause as the child came forward to receive their citation which they held in front of them to show the audience while others in that category were called to polite applause. Then another round of applause for the two-to-five kids in the category all lined up facing the proud parents and grandparents with cameras clicking. Then the next of many, many categories with clapping, clapping, clapping. There were lots of categories and lots of surprising (to me, anyway) accomplishments like reading over a hundred books.
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Dear Editor:
Jimmy Terrell’s recent column gave readers another glimpse through the lens of his world view. Terrell’s thinking goes something like this: the United States is the world, and the world is divided between right and left. All things good emanate from the right, and the left, because it is diabolical and evil, is busy attacking the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the one constitutional amendment he cherishes, the Second. If that weren’t bad enough, the left is also busy trying to enforce constitutional amendments he feels less charitably toward, namely the Fourteenth and Fifteenth.
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Once again, we find ourselves asking why. [Full Story »]