by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 20, 2009 | Opinion
There’s a certain kind of quiet that comes with a soft blanket of snow that swirls easily down and settles where it lands, making cars and mailboxes and boxwoods stand out like so many cakes adorned with a fat layer of icing.I like it best in the woods, where...
by Robert Parham | Jan 20, 2009 | Opinion
President Barack Obama’s inaugural address struck a more politically pragmatic pitch than the oratorical proclamation many had predicted. It was more about traveling the path ahead than reaching the promised land. President Barack Obama’s inaugural address...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 20, 2009 | Opinion
When my family moved to Macon, Ga., nine years ago, a friend who had spent several years here told me: “It is everything right about the South and everything wrong about the South.”The same, I’m sure, could be said about other places. But I’ve...
by Britt Towery | Jan 20, 2009 | Opinion
The Chinese have a way, common in Asia, of representing each New Year with several things, primarily animals. For centuries, they have used 12 different animals to represent each year in a 12-year cycle. According to their lunar calendar we are in the last days of the...
by David McCollum | Jan 19, 2009 | Opinion
Sometimes a sense of awe is lacking nowadays in society. The story of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 is awesome. In our calloused, high-tech, nothing-surprises-us society, miracles are often considered spiritual artifacts from the ancient world. You just don’t see the...
by Larry Wilson | Jan 19, 2009 | Opinion
We must remember and care for our fellow travelers on this beautiful planet and treat them not as competitors, but as if they were Jesus who said that he could be found among the little ones. Proclaiming with Jesus the year of Jubilee is our only hope for restoration....
