Letter to the Editor: Democrats, the party of “NO”

“NO” to the safeness of Women against men in girls’ sports.“NO” to the “Save America ACT."“NO” to requiring picture I.D. to vote.“NO" to requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.“NO” to limits on mail-in ballots after election day.“NO” to DHS funding.

Stone: Who you gonna call?

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.

Rich: The beauty of Easter

Every Easter Sunday morning, my husband, Tink, doesn’t crawl out of bed to attend Sunrise Service.He jumps out of bed, dresses, then leans over to kiss me goodbye. “I’ll be back to get you for church,” he says softly.“Okay,” I mumble while pulling the covers up to my chin and going back to sleep.

Yarbrough: Eulogy to a friend who made a difference

I received a note from a reader last week chiding me for writing about the Okefenokee so much, saying he and others were tired of it. In fact, I have done only two columns on the Okefenokee this year, but I did allow mining proponents and opponents to express their positions on the subject.

Crane: What a difference a year makes

Each year at this time, I am filled with hope as the opportunity and new growth arrive with each spring. This year was even more special for me.

Rich: What to write

A famous friend of mine was with me at an event, and I came home with three stories. I sat down and composed them in a breeze.She was perplexed. “I was at the same event, and I didn’t see that. How can you see a story where I don’t?”I thought about it for a moment, then answered.

Letter to the Editor: Our country can be destroyed

It can happen! Our country, as we know it, can be destroyed. Believe it! In fact, it is happening. Corruption within our government and the influx of millions of “undocumented immigrants” who have no allegiance to the laws of our country are making it happen.

Letter to the Editor: To do what’s right

Due to the significant impact the construction of a three-story mixed-use development proposal to replace property lost on Hancock St. to a fire last year would have on Madison’s downtown square, the March 9 City Council meeting that addressed three related zoning requests was last week’s...

Crane: Leadership means making tough calls

“I find it impossible to keep it from naturally spreading thro’ the whole Army… necessity not only authorizes but seems to require the measure.”

Stone: Something completely different

The hiss was now becoming a roar; the whole world was a vast moving screen of snow, but even now it said peace, it said remoteness, it said cold, it said sleep.From Silent Snow, Secret Snow, by Conrad AikenLast week, I felt as I once did as a child, realizing his helplessness in an indifferent...