Yarbrough: A return to form

Did you miss me? I hope so because if you didn’t, the editors would probably ask why we are running a guy nobody reads? Knowing what I now know, I am lucky to write this. I have been laid low with an insidious and potentially fatal disease known as sepsis.

Crane: And they’re off

Our father, my sisters, and I spent the better part of three years with our mother during that slow, halting walk into her sunset.

Rich: Trusting your gut

It’s one of life’s hardest lessons to learn and then, just as hard to make it stick: Trusting an unseeable force – intuition.Daddy preached it.“Stick to your gut.

Letter to the Editor: Back to the future?

Dear Editor,As the second wife of the President of the United States, she too, had been previously married. With aspirations of seeking fulfillment beyond the defined activities of the First Lady, her role as wife merges with that of the president.

Letter to the Editor: Difficult to discern rights

Dear Editor,What truly is an individual right? Lately, Supreme Court decisions appear to be bent on preserving some individual rights at the expense of others and sometimes just taking away some individual rights altogether.

Letter to the Editor: Mixed messages around abortion laws

Dear Editor,Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many states have effectively banned abortions. Even where there are exceptions, the law is often so murky that physicians refuse to provide needed care for fear of being sent to prison.

Crane: Get schooled by a job

It did not feel like Christmas morning, or even a birthday, that late afternoon when I received my first job offer.It was 1974. I was 13, and before the end of the year, I was paying Social Security taxes.

Stone: Is this the end of Redbox?

Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.General George S. PattonGreensboro’s Publix unceremoniously removed its Redbox kiosk months ago. Did you even notice?

Rich: Who are the good ole boys?

Someone – a non-Southerner – asked me the other day, “What is a good ole boy?”I’m happy to answer that question. Let me tell you about the South’s good ole boys: First of all, you will probably see him at every Friday night home football game.

Letter to the Editor: Keep government out of women’s bodies

Dear Editor,The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision two years ago has changed the landscape of healthcare for women of childbearing age.