Opinion

By Andy Harnack

On Nov. 1 The Herald Gazette published a short essay in which I pieced together the body politic of a supposed “ideal” presidential candidate. Responses I received by phone calls, cards in the mail, comments on Thomaston Street and emails from those who know me were delightfully varied. [Full Story »] 

By Dr. Spencer Price

He was a precious baby. Of course, all parents think that about their newborn children. So, since I was his daddy and he was my son, it was ok for me to think that.

He came early. And he was small, the result of a heart condition I didn’t know about until the day he was born. But, that didn’t matter. To me, he was perfect, and precious, and sweet, and I would, as the old saying goes, “move Heaven and Earth,” to protect him, and to provide for him, and to make him better. [Full Story »] 

I have spent many long years walking the sidelines at high school football games and I can attest to one thing, the 2011 Lamar County Trojans are a special team. [Full Story »] 

By Marybeth Hicks
The Washington Times

Call it an occupational hazard, but I can’t look at the Occupy Wall Street protesters without thinking,“Who parented these people?”

As a culture columnist, I’ve commented on the social and political ramifications of the “movement” - now known as “OWS” - whose fairyland agenda can be summarized by one of their placards: “Everything for everybody. [Full Story »] 

By Dewitt L. Edenfield Jr.

There’s substantial entomological evidence in the Donna Marie Ogletree Johnson murder case that leads one to at least consider the fact she wasn’t killed by person or persons unknown. It’s the same information that contradicts statements and alibis of several people questioned during the original investigation in the weeks and months after the murder and put the previous assumptions that Donna Johnson was killed between 2-4 p.m. on July 16 into the “doubtful” category. [Full Story »] 

Veterans Day traces its origins back to November 11, 1918, the day when World War I hostilities ended with an armistice. The agreements between the Allies and Germany were signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of November. [Full Story »] 

By Spencer Price

Every year, America sets aside a special day – Veterans Day – to thank its veterans for their service and sacrifice. And well we should. [Full Story »]