Morris: When people stop talking - why America’s silence must end

I don’t like politics because it’s full of so much anger, and it’s so bitter.I remain a proud voter because I view it as a civic duty.

Yarbrough: An ungodly look at politics

According to a new Pew Research Center report, most U.S. adults said God played no role at all in the last two presidential elections. About one-third of Americans thought recent election results are part of God’s overall plan, but that doesn’t necessarily mean God approved of the winner’s policies.

Stone: Elephants, donkeys ... and porcupines

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.Robert Hanlon(This one is for you, Mr. Charlie.)A couple of weeks ago, I attempted to explain how Democrats and Republicans differ when confronted with underwear dilemmas.

Rich: The cabin

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes is the way we often say it.

Letter to the Editor: Important dates

Dear Editor,Sept. 9th, 10th, and 11th — three days, till my time comes, that will forever be in my heart. On the 9th, my wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, during which I woke up to find my wife handing me a card. I knew instantly what it represented.

Letter to the Editor: A word by any other name

Dear Editor,On September 5, President Trump signed an executive order that gives a new “secondary name” to our Defense Department, renaming it the Department of War.

Letter to the Editor: The sources of evil

Dear Editor,The radical left continues to pollute America. They and their Democratic henchmen, supported by our national media, are hell-bent on spreading their Socialist agenda. They feel entitled to the best of America and expect the government to provide it for them.

Yarbrough: A semi-intelligent look at artificial intelligence

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics last year “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”Between you and me, I got hosed.

Stone: Log me into the ball game

Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac. It’s great for the first two weeks.Lewis GrizzardI expected to be strictly a dispassionate chronicler of events when I got into this business, dear reader, but you and I have now been together here on Page 4 for going on 33 weeks.

Letter to the Editor: Well meaning but flawed

Dear Editor,The Sept. 4 essay “The Day the Guns Disappeared” by Ace Jones presents a well-meaning but flawed fantasy.