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Opinion

What the 12-day war hath wrought

Editorials and columns

Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967. The liberal folks around me at work and law school then had been frustrated and puzzled at the lack of progress being made in Vietnam by the 448,000 U.S. troops ...

Contrast reveals the light of hope in Christ

Editorials and columns

One of the key moments in life is when you finally think you’ve met the right person, and you are seriously contemplating getting married. For anyone who has been married for any length of time, it’s pretty fun to reflect back on those early moments in your relationship and think back to ...

The joy of Banana Ball

Editorials and columns

Major League Baseball is currently debating various rules changes to improve the game, when what it really needs is more players wearing capes and doing back flips. That, at least, is the lesson of Savannah Bananas, the barnstorming team that has come up with a madcap version of baseball ...

A life’s passage through chairs

Editorials and columns

I have progressed through chairs, stood on chairs, hidden behind chairs, rocked in chairs, and been where I wish I had a chair. I have sat in desk/chair combinations, library chairs, office chairs, and on a stump in the woods I was pleased to call a chair. I’ve sat in seminar chairs, been ...

Support the library and freedom to read

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in support of our local library, and of the right of an individual to have the freedom to read whatever he or she chooses. I would also like to encourage our county commissioners to appoint to the library board an individual who has experience, who ...