Refunding the police

Many political scientists and sociologists view the shifting sands of public opinion as cyclic. In more recent years, exacerbated by social media, as well as legacy media outlets landing often on only one side of a hotly contested topic...I view public opinion swings as much more like a pendulum.

Fernandina Beach

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla – If you are an infrequent visitor to these parts, sometimes, there is uncertainty when you try to distinguish the town of Fernandina Beach from Amelia Island Plantation.

Silas Harris

It’s been 25 years or so since I first stayed at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Proclaimed as the South’s Grand Hotel, I have since stayed a couple of dozen times, at least.

A tale of two cities

British author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) published his perhaps best known and most widely and well-received fictional novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” in 1859, 163 years ago.

David Perdue’s shot at Georgia State Patrol can’t be explained

Back in 1984 as Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale was preparing to lose bigtime to incumbent president Ronald Reagan, he said something he shouldn’t have said and then tried to clarify his remarks.

Feedback from last week’s letter

Dear editor: This is concerning the letter appearing in your April 15 issue as a letter to the editor authored by L O Cox. “Oil isn’t going anywhere”. I appreciate the newspaper printing opposing opinions on issues of our day. And I appreciate the freedom of speech afforded to people.

Who is a storyteller?

Almost everyone thinks they’re a storyteller and that there’s little to retelling something seen or heard. This is not true. Our unique ways of telling stories are born in us. Believe this by watching babies and toddlers in how differently they express themselves.