by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
A look ahead to 2025 in sports By Mark Nagi Regular readers of this column know that this is the week in which I get out the crystal ball and predict the next 12 months in sports. This is important for your planning purposes and in our increasingly busy lives, isn’t...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
We are made for kindness By Joe Rector Amy and I made plans for travel to a special destination for our 50th anniversary. Those plans melted in tears with the unexpected passing of our son Dallas in September. Since that time, we’ve become the owner of a second...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Coach If we allow terrorists to stop us from living, they have already won. Jim Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m writing this essay on New Year’s Eve, a traditional time for change or at least resolutions for diet, exercise, etc. America voted for change in November,...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting presidential sites More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely We have another presidential inauguration coming and it reminded me of the many times my wife and I have encountered presidents or their homes. I was stationed in Washington, D.C., in the 1960s and...
by design | Jan 5, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
2024’s Biggest Losers: The Mainstream Media and the Far Left By Steve Hunley As we welcome the New Year, we can also reflect on a stormy 2024 and select the biggest winners and losers. The biggest winner of 2024 has to be Donald Trump who stunned the political...
by design | Jan 5, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘Sunny Jim’ James E. Watson of Indiana By Ray Hill For half a century, James Eli Watson was an important factor in Indiana politics. For most of that time, Watson occupied a seat in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. A jovial fellow...