Tag: columnists

Actually the Marines are looking for a whole lot of toys. Every year, in Coweta and Fayette counties, the Sgt. Clyde Thomason Medal of...

There was no doubt I was losing the first snowball battle of this winter — and losing badly. They had me cornered with an...

A “progressive” rap on “social conservatives”: All they crave is power to tell you whom to sleep with, and how, and what god (if...

When Rev. Billy Graham passed away, there were wonderful tributes that poured forth from people who knew him or had been inspired by his...

I have a Thanksgiving story. It happened in 2012. A few days after receiving a new lens in my eye to correct a clouding condition...

I knew I wanted to work with children in my clinical life many years ago. I’ve always had a passion for children, but as...

Congratulations to Coweta County’s Northgate High School Cheerleading Squad on their ninth Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Championship and their fourth in a...

Cookies are the perfect holiday treat made in the kitchen. Fun to mix with the kids, easy to bake, and in less than an...

“It’s the worst of times.” The words are Charles Dickens’, from the opening paragraph of a novel set in the 1790s, but the sentiment...

As the current school year kicked off, I began hearing the same-old, same-old report from teachers and principals: children who have never lied. At...

I first ran into Heracliltus, a great Grecian shedder of tears, while writing in college about the fearful subject of change. Heraclitus opined, in...

Much of today’s incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people...

Sometimes, it’ll come up in conversation among family. We’ll repeat it. We’ll remember it. But we’ll still struggle to understand it. In every prayer we...

Within a space of eight days, Oct. 28 to Nov. 5, Fayette County’s citizens and this newspaper lost two remarkable women. Sallie Satterthwaite died...

The subject comes up periodically, this time at a church women’s retreat focusing on Anne Lindbergh’s book, “Gift from the Sea.” The first chapters...

No provision was made in the U.S. Constitution for political parties, and almost all of the early leaders of the republic hoped to govern...

At a White House press conference the day after the mid-term elections, Jim Acosta, CNN’s senior White House correspondent, instructed President Trump that the...

There are some 206 bones in the human body with about half of those being in our hands and feet. The skeletal system is...

Anyone watching Big Brother James wandering around searching the ground for what only he could see would think there was something wrong with him. As...

When I was a child, my most important possession was my bicycle, followed closely by my radio. My bike was how I got around. I...

Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans and much of our nation dread that prospect. My question is: What would...

Less than two weeks ago, I posted a video on Facebook decrying the lack of civility and the growing political rhetoric and violence in...

Memories are little pebbles. Over time, those pebbled memories come together, building a mighty mountain. For many people, there are pebbles hidden deep within...

In an opinion piece recently featured on FoxNews.com., Jonathan Pokluda explicates his “Ten Habits of Extraordinary Parents.” Pokluda, a teaching pastor at a mega-church...

“Pray for us, I will call you later.” That was the text message we received from our 16-year-old daughter at 10:16 a.m. on Saturday morning...

There was a woman and her husband I loved most of my life. Many people loved them because they were merry, kind and loving...

By Kyle Wingfield If you’re confused about the five proposed constitutional amendments on the Nov. 6 ballot, you’re not alone. The brief, vague descriptions on...

“A life without friends means death without company.” — Basque proverb. I came across the above proverb in a Walt Longmire mystery novel entitled, “Death...

I’ll admit they got away from me. They’re little but oh so fast. Around our house if you say, “Let’s go outside and play,”...

Tink and I sat in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, one of the South’s Grand Hotels. It was Christmas Day and...

The recent hearings for now Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh should have us all trembling in our boots. What should frighten us has nothing to do...

The United States Marine Corps, like the Army and the Navy, is older that the United States itself, if one considers July 4, 1776...

We all start out in this life perfect. When we’re first brought home and set on the kitchen table, it’s like magic. Everything about...

Now that I think back on it, I see how I was prepared and schooled at every turn to be a storyteller. Stories fascinated...