When civil discourse has been reduced to name-calling
Writing and making public one’s opinions guarantees people will respond. Writers, performers and every human likely desire his or her...
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Opinion
‘You bothering me for nothing!’
It’s always chancy to write about somebody like Ahmaud Arbery.Arbery is the 25-year-old black man who was killed by a...
Read more‘When Obama did it’: Truth behind Obama IG firing
Several people responded to last week’s editorial (DP-05-21-20) about Trump dismissing/demoting five inspectors general with cries of “What about when...
Read moreBee Run Botanics offers help in garden during pandemic
I’m devoting more time to my garden than ever before. It’s mostly due to coronavirus keeping me home. Covid-19 changed...
Read moreMemorial Day: A yearly reminder of how much it took
“Oh beautiful, for heroes provedIn liberating strifeWho more than self their country lovedAnd mercy more than life.”— “America The Beautiful,”...
Read moreU.S. rushes to develop COVID-19 vaccine
If there is a silver lining to the flawed U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is this: The relatively...
Read moreDifferent ways we observe Memorial Day
Memorial Day was yesterday.Many couldn’t observe the holiday the way they usually would; others found ways to make their Memorial...
Read moreReimagining education after COVID
by Ron Iannone The COVID-19 has forced us to rethink how we deliver instruction in schools.Distance learning has been the...
Read moreWhy have people started mistrusting scientists?
by Larry Harris The COVID-19 pandemic is being viewed from two sides in America: Health and economics.Those leaders who follow...
Read moreMay 24 letters to the editor
Pets are forever, not just for quarantineOne of the few heartening headlines we’ve seen these last few months has been...
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