Opinion

Doc Rivers One recurring conversation that tends to come up, you know, once in a while in life is who should be able to call themselves a doctor. Do t...

Randolph’s firemen The Randolph Fire Company held its annual firemen’s banquet last Saturday, and I had the privilege to attend. The community is very...

Rural free delivery We have taken mail delivery for granted for countless years. I have never thought about it in my lifetime. When the mail comes, I ...

The American Woodcock The other night, coming home around dusk, I heard one of my favorite sounds of spring — the mating call of the American Woodcock...

Vague prayer requests One of my pet peeves is when people post a heart-wrenching message on Facebook and other social media begging for prayers, but w...

The Masters Opening Day for baseball, the NCAA championships, road work on the highways. People decide when spring is truly here in many ways, but for...

Nature sightings One of the nice things about living in a rural area and commuting to work is the amount of wildlife I tend to see each week. Nearly e...

1969 Westerns Last week on the SiriusXM radio station, I heard the songs “Born to Be Wild” and “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” two songs that see...

Is March Madness dead? For the second straight year, no mid-majors in college basketball made the Sweet 16. Every team seeded 13th through 16th lost a...

Easter outfits Whatever happened to Easter outfits? I’m remembering the days from my childhood when most people dressed up in their Easter finery for ...

Rock history We’re in a bit of an in-between time for heavy news periods, so with nothing else jumping to mind, let’s take another trip down memory la...

April Fools Day April Fools Day is coming up, and it’s an outdated holiday. We’ve reached a point, especially on social media, where a great deal of i...

Nothing has changed This was a commentary that I submitted to The Press 10 years ago, almost to the day. I’m rehashing it because we are in the same s...

No power, no prob Sunday night, after the Academy Awards were over and as I was getting ready for bed, the power went out. Although the power had gone...

NBA Tanking If you follow NBA basketball, you’ve seen it from commissioner Adam Silver and all over ESPN — teams intentionally losing is the league's ...

Wildflower islands Denmark is turning some of their urban harbors into havens for bees, birds and aquatic life by installing floating wildflower islan...

The Oscars The 98th Academy Awards are this Sunday, and awards season will come to a close with the who’s who of Hollywood gathering to pat themselves...

I’ve always been drawn to March Madness. It’s meant to be the antithesis of logical thought. The person who wins your bracket will not have watched co...