OPINION: Global warming and the emotional divide

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, November 22. 2012
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For all the political bickering about global warming, it’s the earth that will ultimately answer the debate, not a pundit. Either the oceans will rise or they won’t. Either we will see great mayhem or we won’t. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The aftermath of the national political hurricane

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, November 15. 2012
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After the awful hurricane, I thought of how a national election year is kind of like a powerful, slow-moving storm moving across the map. We’re all on edge, fearing how the big-picture news will affect us personally. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: What’s at stake with Amendment 1

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, November 2. 2012
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Thousands of Madison County voters will hit the polls to take part in the presidential race. It’s a passionate topic for many. [Full Story »] 

OPINON: ‘Take out’ and other social graces

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Zach Mitcham
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Sunday, October 28. 2012
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My wife’s grandmother used to cook a big Sunday lunch with amazing biscuits, vegetables and pecan pie.
“Take out,” she said as we took a seat at the long, old wooden table.
[Full Story »] 

OPINION: Time to make some changes to the system

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Zach Mitcham
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Sunday, October 21. 2012
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We choose individuals at elections time. And people get really fired up one way or another about particular candidates. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: America and ‘the evolution of Snookie’

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, October 12. 2012
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Imagine a restaurant with a room full of people engaged in private conversations. Then suddenly, a fight breaks out at the edge of the room. All eyes turn to the melee. It’s a spectacle. Obscenities are shouted. Blood is spilled. Arrests are made. Mugshots are taken. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: In newspapers, ‘dummy’ is a verb

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Zach Mitcham
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Sunday, October 7. 2012
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In newspapers, “dummy” is a verb.

And no, I don’t mean it’s a work motto, such as, “I’m gonna’ dummy up this story real good” or “you need to dummy down that sentence.”
[Full Story »] 

OPINION: The ‘Innocence of Muslims’ and the wild reaction

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, September 27. 2012
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If a brother calls you an inflammatory name, he wants to hear you scream. That’s the whole point — to get a reaction. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: ‘Skeeter’ Clemens and the legacy of Lance

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, September 8. 2012
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I had never heard of the Sugar Land Skeeters until last week when Roger Clemens put on the Skeeter jersey and headed out to the mound at age 50 before a huge crowd and national television audience. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: What I like and don’t like about Apple

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, September 1. 2012
Comments (3)
When people refer to “Apple” in 2012, they are likely not speaking about the fruit that keeps the doctor away. [Full Story »] 
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