Opinion Archive

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2017, 10,874 people died in drunk driving crashes. It equates to one person every 48 minutes. If it takes your breath away, think about this – that number has decreased from previous years.

Fuel up your cars. Bring plenty of snacks. And maybe a blanket or pillow as well.

Hello 2019. We welcome you with open arms. It’s going to be a great year.

We hope Holley Navarre Water System will get their act together and behave like a professional board that controls one of the largest budgets in the county. We wish successful business owners, or at least people with board experience, would seek to become part of the board for no other reason than to serve their community and make Holley Navarre Water System the best water provider in the area. They have top-notch employees who deserve top-notch leadership. Up to now, they have only known leadership that is an embarrassment to the community by people who make money off the system.

Another Christmas has come and gone. Thanks be unto God for Jesus, the reason for the season, making it possible for all who choose to live eternally in Heaven with the Lover of our souls. He loves each one of us more than anyone else ever could. He shed His own blood for us all. He alone deserves the pre-eminence in our lives!

Christmas is a time to relax. To open presents, enjoy quality time with family and friends and savor a getaway from the grind that is this business we call journalism.

It seems like President Donald J. Trump hasn’t had a day of peace since he was elected. I marvel at his stamina which has to be God–given. The border wall has probably been his worse nemesis.

Today Time Magazine named four journalists and a newspaper as its 2018 Person of the Year for what the magazine said was standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence.

Christmas season is here – and it seems that election season is upon us as well with the water board election which will culminate on January 15 with an in-person vote if you haven’t requested an absentee ballot. We wrote all about that last week in the paper – and it is online if you need to know how to vote when you get to the end of this column.

What blessings Bush 43 and British Brian Mulroney’s eulogies of Pres. Bush 41. The latter ended with “There are wooden ships, There are sailing ships, There are ships that sail the sea, But the best ships are friendships, and may they always be”