Category: Editorials

Editor’s Note: “Stray vectors” is the author’s byline for random thoughts and rhetorical questions on the current scene. A recent study suggests that 50 percent of today’s occupations won’t exist in a…

As the weather changes, it turns warmer and many people start doing more outdoor burning to include yard debris, leaf piles or even bon fires at night. There are legal and safety…

Since March is National Nutrition Education Month, let’s continue our focus on making positive food choices. The USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans has a full chapter on foods Americans need to work…

The trustworthiness of the Bible is under constant attack from its critics. Christians like myself believe the Bible to be a reliable guide for what we believe and how we should live,…

Before President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “military” interstate highway system, of 1955, there were a few highways, created out of dirt that cobbled and tied together our nation. What comes to mind immediately,…

March is National Nutrition, a time to look at the foods you are eating and make changes for a healthful diet. “Bite Into A Healthy Lifestyle” is the theme, encouraging Americans to…

Seventy years ago today, soldiers of the U.S. First Army were crossing the Rhine River over the Ludendorff Bridge near the town of Remagen, not far from the city of Bonn. The…

Does the concept of a Power Hour overwhelm you? Do you feel it is impossible to set aside an entire hour to devote to uninterrupted focus? Not to worry! Even dedicating just…

Everyone who has been to war has stories they retain for the remainder of their lives. Some are told; others are just ‘filed away’ in a forgotten part of our mind, maybe…

“The Justice Department has been building a national database to tract in real time the movement of vehicles around the U. S., a secret domestic intelligence-gathering program that scans and stores hundreds…

The Obama Administration foreign policy is under scrutiny and criticism with events unfolding in the Middle East and across North Africa. Islamic extremism is on the rise, first by al-Qaeda and its…

Over 40 years ago, an accounting student at California State University saw a need to help moderate and low income citizens with tax returns. From that idea, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance…

I have never been much of a carnivore. I did grow up eating meat, but it was never a favorite and when given the choice, I always choose vegetables and other sides…

Today is a day to wear red in support of the movement for women to take charge of heart health, so don’t leave your house this morning without putting on a red…

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The headline is: “U.S. History Battle Flares in Classrooms, in your school.” Yes, blaring out from the Atlanta Ga. Journal-Constitution’s front page, on Jan. 16, is that breakfast broadside. It’s enough to…

For the past few weeks our staff has been working on a complete makeover of our newspapers. From our logos, our front pages and our inside pages, we have changed the way…