by Ray Hill | Apr 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Senator Luke Lea was so unpopular with his fellow Democrats, the party machinery moved up the election for the Democratic nomination to November of 1915, a full year in advance of the regular general election in 1916. For the first and only time, the...
by design | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A common idiom holds that there are two sides of a coin. The interpretation of this saying, or dichotomy, is a contrast between oppositional perspectives. Philosophically, I’ve always held that with any concept you can conceive of its opposite....
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan One of those weird legal terms that attorneys use a lot is the term, “hearsay.” Attorneys throw that term around quite a bit, and it seems important. And they sure do object to it a whole bunch during trials, but what does that term actually mean?...
by design | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore “When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done!” I know, it’s hard to remember our blessings in these...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was the day before Palm Sunday. I stepped outside to a beautiful Saturday morning. Birds were singing! The sun was coming up! It seemed the entire landscape had turned green overnight. Signs of spring were everywhere! Everything felt...
by Joe Rector | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I hoped that things would have been better by now, all the while knowing they wouldn’t. That’s all right as long as this staying home is working to end this pandemic. I admit that I’ve made a few trips to the grocery store and home improvement...