Opinion Archive

I have a pet peeve. I get rankled when I see in print “apostrophe-s” to indicate possession in nouns ending in “s.”

Allow me to illustrate: writing “Jesus’s disciples,” as opposed to “Jesus’ disciples.” The former requires an awkward pronunciation, something like “Jesusses.”

As Navarre running back coach and head track coach Tony Carter always says, you have to expect greatness.

And that was the expectation I took into the Florida Press Association’s awards luncheon two weeks ago in Sarasota.

Blue is a color which usually has negative or depressing connotations and implications. For example, people feeling depressed or out-of-sorts, are said to have the blues.

Blues singers always have a sad song about love lost or some other gloomy situation beyond the control of the person suffering through the unhappiness and indignities.

You might have heard a Christian say, “God will never give us more than we can handle.”

I was visiting a Christian friend in the hospital who had terminal cancer. He had been through much and much more lay ahead of him, yet he was remarkably upbeat.

There’s a photo of Michael Sandle standing in a conference room in the Houston Astros’ headquarters. He is wearing an Astros jersey, his dad is standing at his side and there is a contract on the table.

He is living the dream most never get a shot at, and he didn’t get there by accident.

Once in a while, I remember to play.

What came so naturally to us as children is less obvious to our aging adult bodies and sensibilities. We have been conditioned to focus on dignity, task completion, responsibility and worrying what people will think about us.