March 12, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion/Crime

Texting while driving

It’s late on a Friday night when a city cop on patrol in Southern California sees a car weaving back and forth between two lanes of traffic. The cop flips on the blue lights and taps the siren for a brief blip. More...

It’s not a criticism; It’s an observation

We need thick skin

Last month a British disc jockey got in trouble for playing a listener’s request. Steve Penk, who owns Revolution Radio and doubles as the morning DJ, received a request to play the Van Halen song “Jump” during his show. More...

Forty– something

Real men play with cacti

My seven–year–old son came walking up to me at the soccer fields the other day. He had a big grin on his face and a cactus dangling from his two fingers. More...

Neighborhoods hold mayoral forum March 23

John Temple Ligon, business editor and Columbia City Council reporter for The Columbia Star, will moderate a Mayoral Candidate Forum Tuesday, March 23 T Wesley Memorial United Metho-dist Church at 2501 Heyward Street, 7 pm–8:30 pm. More...