This is the season of Christmas. Christianity throughout the western world is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. We’ve been doing so for a really long, long time. That’s because Jesus is…
Category: Editorials
How to maintain your weight during the Holidays
With the holidays upon us we all look forward to the cheer this time of year. Office parties, family gatherings, out of town guests and children out of school are all part…
The big examination saga
Somewhere along the line, the ugly “testing monster” invaded our school systems. Back in the dinosaur days when I was in school, we also took a standardized test. It was the Iowa…
They can have my gun when they pry it from my cold dead fingers
Last Wednesday’s mass shooting in California, which left 14 dead victims, was the worst attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. In the hours that followed that shooting the Republican Presidential candidates had…
The big invasion
One of these days you will hear an ear-piercing scream! It will be coming from me the next time I hear President Obama or any other politician say we have a “broken…
National Security: Buffer zone
The recent downing of a Russian SU-24 Fencer fighter by two Turkish Air Force F-16s brought to mind the importance of buffer zones and airspace management. Aviators routinely deal with this business,…
Conservative Corner – Floridian’s Right to Bear Arms Legislation in 2016 Session
The 2016 Legislative Session in Florida is a big year for gun owners and Second Amendment Rights advocates. The issues up for heavy debate are Conceal Carry on College Campuses and Open…
Christian Concepts: A proper perspective of prophecy
French President Francois Hollande in the wake of the Islamic State attacks in his country said, “France is at war.” France has taken a number of steps to enhance its national security…
National Security: Counters
I just finished reading a memoir from the war in Southeast Asia: “100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot’s Story of the Vietnam War,” by Ken Bell (Brassey’s, Inc. 1993). During Operation Rolling…
Cooking fire prevention tips to safe cooking
About 3,500 Americans die each year in fires and about 18,300 are injured. Many of them might be alive today if they had only learned what to do if there is a…
Conservative Corner: Thank you, America!
Our America is slipping away. This is something that this author has known since his primary grade school days! Now, this author doesn’t mean to imply that he could have described the…
Dining in for healthy families
Families are overbooked these days, both parents and children have schedules that keep members on the go and it has turned the family dinner time into a thing of the past. Many…
National Security: Paris
On a typical Friday evening in Paris last week, an otherwise peaceful evening was shattered with gunfire and explosions at numerous locations. Innocent people, mostly young, were enjoying the start of a…
Christian Concepts: A captive conscience
On April 17, 1521, a diet (a church tribunal) was convened in Worms, Germany. The Roman Catholic Church tried a monk named Martin Luther for the charge of heresy. Johann Eck was…
Conservative Corner: The student
Can you imagine a time of student excellence? A time of student recognition? The Madison Enterprise-Recorder, of January 22, 1932, records such a time. They presented a story of a young man,…
Editorial: Excess baggage
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. ~Warren Buffett Another lesson from my recent 450-mile trek on the Camino de Santiago in…
It’s time to talk turkey
Thanksgiving will be here in two weeks and most of you will be roasting a turkey for the dinner table. Preparing a holiday bird can cause a major challenge in some households…
Recall Update: Athens Foods, Inc. recalls beef products
Athens Foods, Inc., a Cleveland, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 168 pounds of beef products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)…
Christian Concepts: A bad day at the ballot box
With 95 percent of precincts reporting the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was voted down by 61 percent to 39 percent last Tuesday. Known by the acronym HERO, the crux of the controversy…
Community fire/life safety
Madison Fire Rescue and all the fire services in Madison County are committed to helping City and County residents of Madison with preventing accidental fires and also with educating them about the…