(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the September 17, 2014 issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/ Editor Sammy J. Franklin.) Everyone enjoys different things in life. Folks find things they enjoy doing and get after it. For me, it is working in my yard and garden...

There’s this thing called multitasking and we GOP voters expect the Republicans to try it out. Democrats? Nah, because we expect nothing from Democrats. But the Dems are good at multi-tasking. Even as they pretend to be butch about Ukraine – such fakery is rivaled only by the bride’s performance on ...

At lunch a few weeks ago an old friend asked, “What lessons did you learn from your school years?” Well, here are five that stuck to me like glue. What lessons did you learn? 1. Bells rule our life. The last high school bell, for instance, alerts us that we need to prepare for a career. Every year w...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the March 3, 2021 issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/Editor Sammy J. Frank...

It is no secret that inflation is staggeringly high under Joe Biden. In February, it only grew worse, with the Consumer Price Index hitting a new 40-y...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the May 15, 2019 issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/Editor Sammy J. Frankl...