Opinion


Why I write

Aside from a few papers in high school and college and a sporadic journal I kept, writing and I really didn’t have much of a relationship. I was sitting in…


Mother was a drop-out, part 3

To enter college, one signed a paper telling age, high school attended, and parents’ names. That was it. If you could pay tuition, you could enter. PK’s got a reduction…


Poof’s lilies

There was a day about 10 years ago that my husband and I were driving on Allisonville Road and saw a wheelbarrow filled with orange ditch lilies with a sign…



About that muzzle

My fingertips were itching to tap the keyboard. I had so much to say … but I refrained. Social media postings were battling it out. Comments were thrown like punches….


A look back at our Civil War past

The wounds that linger By KEVIN YANEY Guest Columnist There were roughly 2,400 Hamilton County men who joined the army as volunteers during the Civil War. Of those, 277 died…


The brief history of his Standing-O

I experienced my first-ever STANDING OVATION – finally! This, after hosting, and performing in, an estimated 160 musical-comedy benefit shows from 2011 to 2024, first “Will Read and Sing for…


Actually, money does grow on trees

By BILL SCHMIDT Guest Columnist In today’s challenging economic climate, many cities and developers are seeking innovative strategies to increase revenue and stimulate economic development while attracting residents and businesses….