The Bear Necessities. “I’m so glad to live in a world where there are Octobers.” So wrote L. M. Montgomery in her novel, Anne of Green Gables …
“I don’t know what we would have done without you.” He was a golfer extraordinaire. He played professionally for a few years and then spent the rest of his …
Our View — Congratulations II. As summer gives way to September, the Congratulations just keep rolling in to The Chronicle office. We have witnessed something …
OUR VIEW: CONGRATULATIONS. Wow, it’s been difficult to keep up with the happenings of summer! Normally, the slowest time of the year, this summer has brought us some …
Something to Talk About — Why They Come. The Constitution of the United States requires that a census of the people be taken every ten years. The first census, taken in …
Is our democracy at risk? Actions we all can take to protect it. “The threats became much more specific, much more graphic, and included not just me by name but …
TRANSFORM FATHER’S DAY. How can we in good conscience celebrate Father’s Day in the middle of an epidemic of gun violence almost exclusively perpetuated …
Saying Nothing, our view. We set a dangerous precedent when we allow our law enforcement to say nothing. That was the case with the unfortunate death of a local woman, …
Windbags and Freedom. “Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” …
Roe vs. Wade. In November of 2020, I wrote an Op-Ed titled “Please Mommy, No!” In that piece I expressed my opinion on the evils of abortion. In light of recent events …
Let Us Never Forget Our Solemn Pledge. We must believe in our ability to work together to solve our toughest problems. On Memorial Day, 1945, the war in Europe had …
WHY GOOD INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM MATTERS. Recently, a couple of reporters at The New York Times published an intriguing story about conversations between House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and …
Something to Talk About -- The Unreached and the Unwilling. “O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties above the fruited …
Speaking Up to Change the Culture. The majority of Americans were once taught to be nice and fair. The Left – as opposed to classic liberals and classic conservatives …
An invitation to newcomers. If you are a newcomer to Clinton/Laurens County and you want some reading material about the community, the best place to go is the welcome center in the …
Mid-terms. Well, let’s see. There is the “middle of the road.” There is “stuck in the middle,” and there is “middle of nowhere.” There …
“Opportunity lies in the man, not in the job.” – Zig Ziglar. For many years, it was commonly accepted that a person’s IQ (intelligent quotient), which is …