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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Thoughts on Valentine's Day and Lent
This year, the first day of Lent is Valentine's Day, which is quite appropriate given that God is the author of Love.
I John 4:7 says, "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God."
Wh…















