OPINION: The beginning of a millennium, and the graduation of its babies

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, May 24. 2018
It’s strange to think how exotic the year 2000 used to seem. But I remember it. The movie “2001” had some of its power in its name, that far-away mystical ring of a new millenium, like the number itself resided in space. We all thought: “Who knows what the world will be like in 2001?” And who could have predicted it? [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Tariffs could take down many newspapers

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, May 21. 2018
The Internet has been a sledgehammer to the old newspaper business model, sending many publications into layoff mode. Print industry struggles remain with no end in sight. But today’s newspaper battle against paper tariffs is less known, though the tariffs could be a knockout uppercut to the chin of many publications already wobbly against the ropes. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: One man’s troubled spring ‘beak’

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, May 14. 2018
I love the green back on the trees, the comfortable rides with the windows down, the late evenings on the porch. But nose disagrees. It hates this. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Lent Shaw lynching photo deserves honest eyes

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, May 7. 2018
Evan Lewis traveled to Madison County to see the place where his great grandfather, Lent Shaw, was lynched 82 years ago April 28. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Agriculture — the root of Western Civilization

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, April 23. 2018
For much of human history, there was no Ingles, no Kroger. There was no grocery cart full of goods for the week. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: A look at MLK’s assassination as seen by Caldwell

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, April 16. 2018
I don’t have anyone’s obituary set to go. There’s no obit on file for anyone still among the living in Madison County — at least not at our paper. What a morbid kind of task, right? [Full Story »] 

OPINION: How do we deal with the infamy seekers?

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, March 26. 2018
There are many words that could be used for mass shooters. Most wouldn’t be appropriate in this space. But here’s a term that I think also fits: infamy seekers. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Guns, cars and the issue of freedom

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Zach Mitcham
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Tuesday, March 13. 2018
I’m probably too simplistic on my views about guns, but I see them in the same way I do cars. Cars and guns are both material items, but they’re also symbols of personal freedom. We need great allowance for individual decision making on both, but ownership of either comes with acceptance of social responsibilities. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The resume self vs. the eulogy self

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, March 5. 2018
It’s fun to listen to my daughter now as she talks about math. She has surpassed my comprehension, which is no tremendous accomplishment. I failed algebra as an eleventh grader in high school. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The road to substance isn’t paved with parades

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Zach Mitcham
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Tuesday, February 20. 2018
There’s not a nation on earth that is not aware of U.S. military strength and prowess. If there’s any nation that doesn’t need to saber rattle, that doesn’t need to pound its chest and scream “look at me,” it’s America. That is part of being a superpower. Take the next 10 militaries on earth, combine them, and they won’t match our spending. No one should have any doubt that we have the weaponry to decimate them, if that’s what we aim to do. If there’s straight-up nation-on-nation war, then the U.S. is going to be a truly frightening force. [Full Story »] 
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