Opinion

By Walter Geiger

When Laura and I first moved to Barnesville back in 1979, among the first folks to take us in were Holland and Louise Jackson.

Louise, who died 10 years ago, was a gourmet cook but all she did was cook. Holland set tables, assisted in the kitchen and cleared and washed all the dishes. He polished silver. He polished brass. He relished the menial tasks most of us menfolk despise. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein, watching the news media and others dealing with president-elect Donald Trump reminds me of the nuns trying to deal with young Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’.

Maria disrupted business as usual at the convent and Trump is going to take a sledgehammer to what has passed for normal in the White House for the past eight years and beyond. [Full Story »] 

By Mike Ruffin

I’ve been praying for as long as I can remember.

My parents taught me the bedtime prayer that begins, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.”

They also trained me to add an extra line before I said “Amen”: “God bless Mama and Daddy and everybody!” Their addition of that petition struck me as a tad self-serving, but that was okay. I mean, I really did want God to bless Mama and Daddy and everybody. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

Remember the promises that were made?

If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Premiums will go down an average of $2,500 for a typical family. And so on and so on ad infinitum.

Lies. All lies!
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