[I]f these [new] books ... must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it read more

[I]f these [new] books ... must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book?

The total number of eligible voters is 15.5 million, ... and we expect the turn-out to reach 11 or 12 read more

The total number of eligible voters is 15.5 million, ... and we expect the turn-out to reach 11 or 12 million.

My grandmother was a maid and baby sitter, ... From the time she was a teenager until she was 85 read more

My grandmother was a maid and baby sitter, ... From the time she was a teenager until she was 85 years old, she was working for somebody. Both she and my mother took on whatever jobs they could. Anything to have an extra dime or quarter. They made tremendous sacrifices.

Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... read more

Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... got people's attention. That made it possible to start looking at this in great detail.

While most of us are breathing a sigh of relief I want to remind residents that hurricane season does not read more

While most of us are breathing a sigh of relief I want to remind residents that hurricane season does not end until Nov. 30, ... We have been extremely fortunate this time around, but this is an active hurricane season and more named storms are likely.

I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but read more

I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern read more

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.

It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at read more

It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at it.

In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, read more

In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, I could tell you your future.