Opinions

Body I was never much for horses. I say this understanding that there are still a great number of folks around here that love horses and ride horses and compete on horses and probably would sleep in the saddle if necessary.

Body It’s really part of the job, I can’t avoid talking about folks. It’s sort of like church, where every discussion starts with ‘not to be a gossip, buuuuuuuut....

Body I’ve tried for a few years to very humbly, cautiously and carefully explain to everyone how big of a deal I really am. “Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble, but I’m doing the best that I can...” really doesn’t describe the sheer weight of what we’re talking about.

Body But…why? I love journalism, and I love dealing with my kids. When your kids are growing up, one of the most dreaded questions to parents is always the “why” of something?

Body I’m a pretty simple guy, really. I’m not much of a “man’s man” - I was an Eagle Scout, and I love tying knots and stuff, but camping just really never became my jam.

Body Read all About it! There’s a lot of discussion about how newspapers don’t have time to cover important things, or they don’t cover everything, or they don’t even cover the things people care about.

Body I’ve held for a very long time that I believe a major shift in our country has been in the way our government communicates with us. The advent and installation of the internet has had recorded detrimental effect on the people of this country.

Body We don’t charge for obituaries. Its been a long and arduous journey, but a line that I’ve held for 20 years and don’t intend to shift on any time soon.

Body I’ll admit it (kind of) I’m a bit of a hoarder. Not one of those that have the 4000 food containers falling out of their car, or the one that saves Pringles cans for that justright project that might come along, but I do like to keep things.

Body When I first started my college career, I was sure I wanted to be a music teacher. I loved playing, I love music, I loved everything about it.