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…
Category: Editorials
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…
November is National Caregivers Month
November is a month full of family celebrations and I will be highlighting them in my weekly column. This week we are looking at National Caregivers Month. Today in the U.S. over…
Recall Update: USDA issues massive ground beef recall
All American Meats, Inc., an Omaha, Neb. establishment, is recalling approximately 167,427 pounds of ground beef products that may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7. The ground beef items were produced on…
Christian Concepts: When babies die
“When I tell people about the death of my infant daughter, they often respond that she is in heaven. They tell me that she is an angel now. They tell me that…
Halloween safety
Latest data shows that there are 10,300 fires during the three-day period around Halloween. These fires cause about 25 deaths, 125 injuries and $83 million in property loss. Let’s make our communities…