Category: Letters to the Editor

Like many across the Big Bend, I was delighted by the gentle flurry of snow earlier this month. Although I had read about the impending winter storm, to me, the possibility of…

October 31st  2017 marked exactly 500 years of the Protestant Reformation. Unfortunately, 31st October 2017 marked the official end of Protestantism because the Vatican in collaboration with the Lutheran Church and all…

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Greenville Country Christmas committee, it is with regret that I am writing this letter to inform the public that we will not be having the Greenville…

Dear Editor, My husband and I evacuated Cape Coral, Fl. and spent 6 nights in Madison at the Best Western Plus hotel by I-10. What a wonderful place, and the staff, from…

I want to thank Mr. DeWitt Andrews and Mr. Kevin Andrews from New Home Baptist Church for coming over and helping this 77 year old man clean up his yard after hurricane…

Recently I received an interesting article from the Denison Forum on Culture.  In it Dr. Denison wrote that “the recent premiere of HBO’s Game of Thrones (GOT for short) drew a record-setting…

This letter is a respectful effort to address an inaccuracy in the SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 publication. The following quote from the article has a reference that has become all too common, substantially…

I received so many e-mails from my last letter to the Editor Pertaining to People being arrested, charged with criminal intent, thrown in jail, with preposterous fines prior to getting out of…

Regarding the ongoing violent riots. First let’s get some perspective. These rioters and/or criminals are such fringe groups in our population, yet they dominate the news networks and the media.  They communicate…

I am saddened but not surprised at the total lack of knowledge Americans have about their own history. You need go no further than watching the misguided conflict currently ongoing regarding historical…

The year is 33 CE.  It’s Sunday, the first day of the week, and Jesus has just appeared to Mary Magdalene. Upon seeing Jesus, Mary immediately runs to the Wardlaw Smith Goza…

A Miami judge has ruled that a new provision in the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law is unconstitutional because the legislature overstepped its rightful authority when it increased protections for defendants in…

Isn’t increasing private sector employment preferable to increasing food stamp and welfare rolls?  Over the last eight years the workers participation rate has been spiraling downward to 62%.   That means 38%…

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” Matthew 19:14. When my three kids were small…

Mr. George I read your letter in the local News Paper a few days ago while at the DQ in Madison and want to thank you for your kindness on woman in…

But in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves. Philippians 2:3. It is harder to justify things like hatred and war when you understand where another person is coming…

The goal of the recent sometimes-unruly protests over the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America is unclear. Is it to make President-elect Trump preemptively…

Dear Madison County residents, I would like to invite you to our 3rd Annual Monticello Downtown Community Christmas on Friday, December 2nd from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. This year we are…

On November 19, I attended the 3rd Annual Tellabration event at O’Toole’s Herb Farm which was hosted by Wanda Violet.  By way of understatement, what an amazing day. The youth story tellers,…