Letter to the Editor: Prayerful gratitude

Dear Editor,Empathy is a fundamental human ability that enables us to understand and share others' feelings. Empathy is about recognizing what someone else is experiencing and, therein, experiencing a similar emotional response.

Letter to the Editor: Immigrants want to earn an honest wage

Dear Editor,If you’ve ever visited a Home Depot, especially in metro Atlanta, you’ve likely seen men standing outside hoping to find work. These are day laborers, primarily though not exclusively Hispanic. I’ve seen them waiting in the rain, the cold, and under the blistering summer sun.

Letter to the Editor: GCCSF toy collection box locations 2025

Dear Editor, The Greene County Christmas Stocking Fund (GCCSF) will provide toys to over 350 children ages 13 and younger. Please help support a child by taking a new, unwrapped toy to one of the locations or events listed below through December 15, 2025.

Smith: Mister B

While I have never drafted or organized a bucket list, I have in mind completing a drive along U.S. Highway 1 from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West, Florida.I have traversed much of this historic highway already, but there remain several miles virginal to me. And, of course, a challenge.

Yarbrough: Random thoughts on random subjects

Color me bummed. I found out last week that, despite my sterling silver credentials, it seems my chances of being appointed Duke of York have been flushed down the loo.I got a note from a reader who says I made a “serious factual error” in my column.

Stone: Scattered, smothered and covered

“ . . . those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love for him.

Rich: God bless our military

Our friend, Levi Bowman, is a scion of the multi-awarded Isaacs, who are famous for their blood harmony in their bluegrass gospel group. His mother is Becky Isaacs Bowman.The Isaacs are the ONLY gospel group to be members of the respected Grand Ole Opry.

Letter to the Editor: Make America America again

Dear Editor,I read with interest the response to comments made about “No Kings” protests throughout the country and the world, stating that “....

Letter to the Editor: Climate change - A gloomy forecast by an aging atmospheric scientist

Dear Editor,There’s a lot to worry about in these trying times, so I can forgive you for not including climate change. Besides, political leaders and scientists will surely solve this inconvenient truth, right? Wrong. They won’t because they can’t.

Letter to the Editor: The meaning of “No Kings”

Dear Editor,Every year on July 4th, we celebrate America’s independence, not just from Great Britain, but from kings. “No Kings Day” isn’t a joke or an exaggeration; it’s a reminder of the principle this country was founded on: that no one is above the law.