We are thrilled that Richard Edgar has decided to continue his academic and athletic career at George Mason. Richard is read more

We are thrilled that Richard Edgar has decided to continue his academic and athletic career at George Mason. Richard is an outstanding person with impeccable credentials as both a person and a student athlete.

It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it.

It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it.

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and read more

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.

This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the read more

This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the time. .

Liar: One who tells an unpleasant truth.

Liar: One who tells an unpleasant truth.

There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.

There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, read more

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope read more

I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope I can be forgiven.

Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.

Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.