I can't understand the thinking of our leaders: federal, state, county, city or others. When times are so hard with people out of work, striving to try and feed their families and keeping a roof over their heads and trying to pay their bills, what happens? The state wants to raise the price of car tags, title transfers and driver's licenses. ...more

July 16, 2009

Fred Palensar of Holiday said people should should take a break from the current dilemmas to focus on the message of Easter. ...more

April 8, 2009

In a short-term memory, seconds become years. ...more

March 25, 2009

The photo of Candy Darling on her death bed that graced Antony & the Johnson's "I Am a Bird Now" conveyed the sense of quiet despair at the heart of the album. Antony Hegarty's voice conveyed weary sorrow, acceptance and, sometimes, redemption. If there was ever an album to hear in the darkest hours before dawn, it was "I Am a Bird Now." ...more

January 22, 2009

On this, my Day of Days, I ask myself, What is the importance of a birthday? ...more

January 5, 2009

It's a sickening sight to see our local businesses struggle and some not make it. We all can count off numerous businesses that not so long ago seemed to be doing fine, and now their buildings are empty. ...more

November 14, 2008

He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting - a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow. ...more

June 27, 2008

In reference to the argument about evolution vs. intelligent design, I would say that evolution does seem to have some merit, but intelligent design holds more "proof" for me. No one has ever been able to prove to me that we are here simply at random, that the lungs that breathe the oxygen that feeds my blood that pumps through my heart then traveling to my brain that tell my hand to write this letter is simply random! Or that the sperm that fertilized the egg that divided the cells that became the embryo that turned into my beautiful daughter was random. That this life that I live has no real significance, and that when I die that's it, nothing more! ...more

January 31, 2008

The Hayes family wishes to thank everyone for their prayers and kind thoughts to help us through our sorrow, during the sickness and passing of Dorothy E. Hayes. ...more

December 12, 2007

Few of us knew Alexa Hall. She was only 3-months-old when her mother's boyfriend allegedly shook her to death Monday. All most of us know are what we see in the photograph of a precious baby girl and the anguish of her mother and grandparents. It's enough to break the hardest heart. What we also know about Alexa, however, is that although tragedy befell her, she brought life and happiness to others in her short time here. Besides the people who loved her, her transplanted organs provided life for other babies in several locations around the country. Alexa gave the gift of life to other little ones who also faced death. As tragic as this ordeal is for her family, at least some warmth has to be felt that part of her lives on, and gives someone else the chance at a happy life. It's the ultimate gift and Alexa's legacy will never be forgotten in the hearts of those who loved her and many other people who know little of her. How many of us can say that? ...more

November 16, 2007