by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 6, 2015 | Opinion
Recovering from any sort of surgery is a process. I’ve now had four of them, all involving moving parts: there’s something artificial now in both shoulders and both hips. I’m hoping the knees still have some good tread left on them. Replacement of my...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 6, 2015 | Opinion
Push notifications might be diminishing your happiness and harming your relationships. This smartphone setting results in a ping or another form of notification whenever you receive an email message, weather update and so on. To be more precise, a Baylor University...
by Dawn Hood-Patterson | Oct 6, 2015 | Opinion
There is a pervasive ideology within the texture of this nation. Tragedies like last Thursday’s shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, seem to pull back the curtain and we can catch a glimpse of this ideology in action. We seem to take solace...
by Mark Woods | Oct 6, 2015 | Opinion
There’s always a trade-off between what we might want to achieve and what we can actually do. Former United Kingdom ambassador and career diplomat Christopher Meyer emphasized this point in his book, “Getting Our Way,” subtitled “500 Years of...
by James Gordon | Oct 5, 2015 | Opinion
Among the most familiar wheeled vehicles that clutter up our world is the grocery cart. These utilitarian mobile baskets have a massive influence on our lifestyle, health, shopping habits and financial outlays. Consider: if we shopped with ordinary baskets we...
by Joel Snider | Oct 5, 2015 | Opinion
The seven “deadly sins” are well known to most, and many make perfect sense. Of course anger is a deadly sin. News stories about road rage and disgruntled workers shooting former co-workers remind us of the deep anger that permeates society. Envy has...
