Opinion
Off the Editor’s Desk 8-4-2024
It happened on your watch! If I could for a moment draw your attention to three names that have left their mark on history. See if you can tell yourself who these three are? If you can you have a great memory. First is the name of Walter Short and then Husband Kimmel and last…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 8-28-24
What are they going to do to make a change? I spent several hours last week watching the Democratic National convention. Speaker after speaker told how they were going to make changes to lower prices, taxes and more programs. But they did not spell out just how this was going to be accomplished. Basically the…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 08-21-2024
Ronald Reagan, the best! I know some people will not agree with me, but in my mind, Ronald Reagan was the best president that this country has ever had. He was, at least during my lifetime. He pushed for limited government, a free enterprise, a strong national defense, and traditional values. “Unlike many presidents, Regan…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 8-14-24
Olympic Participants showed their sportsmanship! I spent many hours watching the Summer Olympics that took place over 16 days in Paris. There were no protests by those athletes that took part in the games and they all showed their sportsmanship in their play. Event after event I watched as those that were vanquished came forward…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 7-17-24
Trump has endured yet again! Donald Trump has endured many things during his run for the White House including being shot last Saturday while campaigning in Pennsylvania. We should have figured out that some deranged individual would try to take out Trump with all the negative campaigning he has endured. A group of Republican Lawmakers…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 7-10-24
Not close to a state record! I caught this 26-inch Northern on Lake Hayward July 4th while fishing with a couple of my grandchildren, Ross and Sara. It took my spoon on my first cast with the following two hundred casts providing nothing. So what is the state record for Northern Pike, turning to my…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 7-3-2024
I feel sorry for Joe Biden! I watched the presidential debate last Thursday night and the performance that President Biden put forth was at best an “old man with a poor memory.” His memory is a problem for him and also for this country and I believe that if he cannot lead himself, how can…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 6-26-2024
What do you call your noon meal? I have been called to task for calling my noon meal Dinner. In my life it’s always been breakfast in the morning, dinner at noon and supper at six in the evening. I’ve been told that I am wrong as it should be first, breakfast, then lunch and…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 6-12-24
“Human civilization will end” if birth rates continue to fall In a piece published by the Capitol Guardian back in April, Elon Musk, noted “that the obvious math involved with plummeting fertility rates in countries all over the world, and reacting to the latest birth rate numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), wherein…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 06-05-24
Porn Star and a liar What do you get when you cross a porn star and a liar. Trouble for Donald Trump. Plus multiple it by 34 times and that is what the jury in Trump’s court case found him guilty of. There has been a long discussion about how unfair this trial was and…
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