The S&P 500 posted its best closing ever last Thursday. Just a few weeks before, the Dow hit a record high and announced it had now erased all losses from the Great Recession. Fourteen of the 100 lar…
Category: opinion
Who Does Volunteering Really Help?
There is a misconception about volunteering. Many think that volunteering is about giving your time to help an organization or a group with a special project or a need; that the focus of the volunte…
Alstott, Anthony: Character and Sportsmanship Not Worth Risking for High School Free Agency
During our five years as teammates with the Tampa Bay Bucs, we forged a bond that will endure the rest of our lives. That’s what happens when you dedicate yourselves to a common goal and know you can…
A Minority view BY Walter E. Williams
Professor Craig Frisby is on the faculty of University of Missouri's Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology. His most recent book is "Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minor…
Memorial Howard Lloyd Stewart, Sr.
A year ago, on April 15, 2012, my dad died. The last lucid conversation I had with him was on Easter. We spoke, but he didn't sound right, so I had him put my aunt on the phone and she told me his ch…
Speak Out – March 23, 2013
Wednesday, March 20
Hello this is Ian.
I'd like to know who put the nice billboard up there to let us know how many taxes we have to pay on different things.
And it takes a big billboard to …
Speak Out – March 16, 2013
Wednesday, March 13 Yes, this is Maria. I just want to say people that who hurt elderly people because they can not take the singing or screaming or whatever or they probably have Alzheimer's and the…
Our View – I have no roots
I have no roots.
I realize this each summer when I travel back to Paris where I grew up.
I have no roots. I feel it every so often while experiencing micro culture shocks while living in Americ…
Portrait of a Marine
My neighbor plays the cello.
He likes steaks and potatoes.
He loves his country.
And flying. Andrew Geoffrey Butte – pronounced butt, like he said, “tragic in childhood”- was born an only ch…
Fish and Game officers: On the front lines
Last month, with the high-profile coverage of the fugitive ex-police officer in California, we were reminded how law enforcement officers risk their lives daily to stop dangerous criminals like the m…