Opinion

The Augusta Chronicle

It doesn’t care who you are or what you have or what you’ve done in life – you’re just a number.

Emotionless detachment is a hallmark of most governments and governmental entities but it has absolutely no place in our nation’s Veterans Administration hospitals. The men and women who selflessly risked life and limb defending our freedoms deserve more than numerical status.

Deplorably, some VA employees and administrators have shown these heroes nothing more than nonchalant indifference and gross incompetence at their greatest time of need. The results have been fatal. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

On January 17, 1977, they sat Gary Gilmore in a chair in front of a pile of sandbags in an abandoned cannery behind the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah and pinned a target on his shirt marking his heart. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

This passage from the 5th chapter of Matthew is the one that comes to mind when one examines the role Dr. Bill Truby has played as superintendent of Lamar County schools. I was shocked when I realized that he has been in his position for only eight years. It seems like much longer due to all his many successes. [Full Story »]