Saturday, April 28, marks the 260th anniversary of President James Monroe’s birth in 1758. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading one of Harlow Giles Unger’s thorough biographies of key figures in the era of America’s founding. In reading “The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness,” I found myself wondering: How […]

Editor, Roger A. Compagna took up the mantra that the AR-15 is a recreational piece because it is semi-automatic.  He states that most hunting rifles and shotguns are semi-automatic, and the AR-15 is no different from any other commercial product with the exception of looks. The inventor of the AR-15, Eugene Stoner, was an exclusive […]

Editor, For the 17 years I have lived in Lower Village near The Center, I smugly drove past it assuming it was simply a place where elderly women and a few men gathered to play cards and socialize. I would drop by for Christmas Prelude to see the craft fair, but not much more. Little […]

April is Move More Month, and we encourage everyone to put on their shoes, get outside and experience the many health benefits of walking, which may be one of the simplest and best ways to exercise. The American Heart Association established Move More Month as a way to encourage individuals, schools, workplaces and communities to walk at least 30 […]

The horrific Valentine’s Day massacre at a Florida high school has spawned a new wave of activism among youthful Americans. Many, while still too young to vote, are at least for now determined to help produce positive change in the political, legal, and cultural course of the United States. And why not? The vast majority […]

Editor, This article is in response to “Enough is Enough” by Cierra Albert. Let’s get the facts straight! Automatic weapons have been banned in the United States since 1934. This includes fully automatic rifles such as the BAR rifle and all other guns including machine guns. The law is enforced by the B.A.T.F-Bureau of Alcohol, […]

The other day I found myself in a quandary. I was in need of cupcakes, but the pantry was without a box of cake mix. I didn’t want to go to the store so was left with but one option: to bake from scratch. I’m not a baker. Mostly because I lack a penchant for […]

Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed when he stepped from his second-floor hotel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, to speak to Southern Christian Leadership Conference colleagues standing in the parking lot below. An assassin’s bullet ended the life of the 39-year-old activist who had helped advance […]

I have a piece of advice that I want to pass on to some of your male readers.  Here is what it is about: Sometimes I am asked by my male friends and acquaintances for advice about which one of their “girlfriends” that they should get serious with and possibly propose marriage to.  I was […]

Nothing lasts forever. And many of us spend our entire lives coming to grips with that. Look at the typical child. She’ll get so involved in the enjoyment of a visit to a cousin’s house that others can’t help but smile from watching her. Until it’s time to leave. Then watch how ugly that smiling […]