by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 6, 2014 | Opinion
It has been many years since I watched Sesame Street, but I can still sing all the words to “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?” If I recall correctly, they would sing it before introducing a video clip about people who work at different occupations,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 2, 2014 | Opinion
I’ve thought a lot about bugs lately — mostly about the pesky mosquitoes who leave big itchy bumps all over my legs if I dare to try picking figs while wearing shorts. I’d post a picture, but if I could get one of those blood-suckers to hold still...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 30, 2014 | Opinion
It’s Labor Day weekend, and I have an adequate list of labors to keep me busy for the duration in the yard and at the keyboard. One thing, at least, is already done. My wife’s car had developed cataracts. It’s not uncommon these days to see cars of a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 24, 2014 | Opinion
She must have been somebody special, this woman who lived some 7,000 years ago, during what we have typically called the Middle Chalcolithic period (a fancy way of saying “during the Stone Age”). Her home was in a mudbrick village in a fertile area near...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 20, 2014 | Opinion
An assortment of Southern Baptist pastors and officials are encouraging young people to buck the culture, choose a partner, and get married as early as their teens, according to an enlightening article by Bob Allen at Associated Baptist Press. Jon Akin, pastor of...
