Opinion Archive

Maybe Teddy Bridgewater was on to something when he was helping players out on his team from a financial standpoint.

It’s that time of the year where I find some reason to question the FHSAA regional rankings and the logic behind them.

I need to come up with a rule that says you can’t post in the comments section of our paper’s sports page social media posts unless you use your real name and profile.
My thought is, if you are going to make a comment, then own it.

September is suicide prevention month. In reality, every month should have a focus on mental health and the battles that come with it.

We have reached the midway point of the high-school football season.
And we have learned a few things along the way.

I’m not sure who needs to see this column in Santa Rosa County to make it happen, but I’d really love it if we could get a public pool at either end of the county some point before the end of time. Having a pool at both ends of the county would be even better.

We get too caught up at times with recruiting and the pressure of getting noticed.
I get it. Everyone wants to play at the next level. It’s the dream. And there’s nothing wrong with dreaming big.

Apparently, you can find some great coaching candidates in the comment section of a Facebook post.
I learned as much after Navarre’s football team was blanked by Choctaw in week two.

Most of my friends are considerably younger than me, as in, “I am old enough to be their father” younger than me. Our age difference is not an issue. It is not apparent in our conversations, at least from my perspective. My friends, of course, see what I do not: a white-haired man talking. But it doesn’t seem to matter. Occasionally, however, like a poker player’s tell, I will say something that instantly marks me as from a different generation. Usually, it is me quoting some iconic, funny line from a television show I grew up watching. Not only are my friends unfamiliar with the iconic line, but they usually have never even heard of the television show.

We had the opportunity to participate again in the Santa Rosa County Leadership program’s media day. There were lots of faces we knew, and we were happy to meet new friends. Our newest team member and reporter, Madison DeVito, went and was a panel member with our publisher Gail Acosta and the owner/publisher of Gulf Breeze News, Lisa Newell. The questions from the group were so good – but one stood out: “How do we use AI in the newsroom?” The simple answer is – we don’t. We think there is no substitute for human reporters using their intuition, curiosity and talent to conduct interviews with other real people, to tell a story that can become part of the history of the community. And quite frankly, no one does better than our team.