Category: editorials

Dear Editor,
 
 
That darn plastic bag!  It’s in trouble again.  Apparently, it has jumped out of someone’s hand or escaped from the car and yelled, “I’m out of here and I am going to litter…

By Glenn Mollette
 
Physician assisted suicide is becoming a bit more popular in America. A New Mexico judge recently ruled that terminally ill, mentally competent patients have the right to as…

Southerners are the last of the truly independent Americans. That is why the United Auto Workers (UAW) didn’t stand a chance trying to sell their promises to the Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, TN…

Dear Editor,
 
The new plants in the median on Hwy 90 look cheap and ugly.  Why on earth did they chop down the florida palms?  Just plain dumb and waste of money.
 
Lisa McMullen, Milton

Congressman Jeff Miller, Florida's District 1
 
Last week, the House and Senate both passed H.R. 3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014.  This Omnibus bill, which passed the House by a…

Dear Editor,
 
I would like to take this opportunity to commend Fire Chief Diamond and members of the Skyline Fire Department and Randy Black with the City of Milton Gas Department.  My experie…

There's little debate among academic economists about the effect of minimum wages. University of California, Irvine economist David Neumark has examined more than 100 major academic studies on the mi…

January 12, 2010 was a day unlike Haiti had ever seen. When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, generous donors responded immediately to provide lifesaving emergency relief to mi…