Mar 6, 2018
Safe driving — and walking — practices
Why are there so many distracted drivers in Crestview? In the last few weeks I have seen numerous drivers run red lights, stop signs, drive well above the posted speed limit, not use their turn signa…
Mar 6, 2018
Fixing American Education: Evaluating education factors
Everyone seems to know just what is wrong with our schools. It reminds me of the first time I agreed to umpire a little league baseball game. That is when I came to the realization that every mother …
Mar 1, 2018
Trump: The Mule Washington Cannot Tell What To Do
When you grow up in Columbia, Tennessee, the "Mule Capital of the World," you end up knowing a lot about mules. One thing you are told early is that you learn nothing new from the second kick of a …
Feb 27, 2018
Spring has arrived
It appears that basically overnight, spring has arrived in Northwest Florida. It has warmed up and I turned off the house furnace and turned on the overhead fans.
The grass in our neighborhood is g…
Feb 27, 2018
Fixing American Education: Politics
In the mid-1960s American education was still among the best in the world. Today, comparative test scores indicate we rank well down the line as compared to other developed nations. Why? The problems…
Feb 27, 2018
Change has always been brought about by youth movements
On Monday, Feb. 1, 1960, four freshmen from North Carolina A&T State University entered a Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C., and took seats at the lunch counter.
As American as baseball, Woolworth’s …
Feb 21, 2018
13 Russians indicted, Boris and Natashia next, Bullwinkle a "Moose of Interest"
Here is what has happened so far in Special Counsel Mueller’s collusion probe and how government has spent our $20 million. As the FBI was ignoring specific and spot-on citizens' tips that could have…
Feb 21, 2018
Lenten Luncheon annual series begins soon
We are once again blessed to have weekly Lenten lunches at several of our community churches in Crestview. This is such a wonderful way to get to know fellow Christians in our community and to have f…
Feb 14, 2018
The Winter Olympics: Make Them Stop!
The Olympic Winter Games began, as they always do, with the Parade of Nations — many of which we have yet to invade. By parading like that in those loud outfits, however, they just seem to be asking …
Feb 13, 2018
Goodbye, North Okaloosa — but first, some parting words
Burying the lede is an editor’s pet peeve, so I will practice what I preach and just spill the ink:
This is my last column as the Crestview News Bulletin’s editor. Following several months of pray…