April 16, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion/Crime

Mother thanks for the article

Dear Editor Mike, Thank you for the front page story that Julia Hook wrote about our son Toby Morriss. She was exceptionally compassionate, helpful, and thorough, as you surely know. More...

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

Quit whining about name calling

An irritating family drives a Toyota van around and has a website you can visit. The insurance guy with the blue phone is so irksome with his overbearing sleazy sales guy approach his company must be losing sales. More...

Grass is greener over there

Jarvis and three of his friends are out joy riding after helping themselves to a Mercedes Benz parked in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, according to the Columbus Dispatch. More...

History does repeat itself

Warner: I was in Columbia recently and picked up a copy of The Columbia Star where I read your open letter to Henry McMaster. You have written the best thing on the subject of his law suit I have read anywhere. More...

The purpose of history is to learn

Warner: Kudos,and a thank you, for your “Open Letter to Henry McMaster.” As a historian, you are too familiar with the purpose of history; to learn lessons from the past so that we may apply this learned knowledge to the present and t More...

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Sweet potatoes and obits

One of the more vivid memories I have of my grandmother (may she rest in peace) is that she started practically every conversation with, “Do you know who just died?” It didn’t matter what everyone was talking about before she joine More...