Opinion
National Volunteer Week -- April 18-24
April 15, 2021Some say the fight was over politics -- one Democrat and one Republican. There are those who argued that Paul Viles didn't care to be told what he could or c...
April 8, 2021Then there came a day when I would forever after be apart from Robin.
March 25, 2021There is something incredibly evil that lives in the heart of some. That evil, that wickedness, smolders like the hot ashes of a fire waiting to erupt. Wheth...
March 11, 2021Many families have some sort of Christmas tradition. Maybe it's the place the holiday is celebrated, the decorations or the food, but something just has to f...
February 25, 2021I wonder, well I mean if it isn't asking too very much, might you sit back, get comfortable and read along as I yarn with you a spell. Now that night has com...
February 11, 2021I once had a friend, a very good friend indeed. I met her, Susan, that is, when my wife Robin and I first came to Noel to live. That was about 14 years ago. ...
January 28, 2021In my eight years in Jefferson City, I served with a lot of people. There are 163 reps in the House, so you can imagine that you can't know or have a relatio...
January 21, 2021Not sure that words can adequately describe or capture the emotions of the last week in our nation. The storming of the Capitol by protesters was disturbing,...
January 14, 2021I tried to remember the details but, for the life of me, I can't recall when, where or, for that matter, how it was that I first met Larry. A span of 10 year...
January 14, 2021What a very cold and impersonal world we must now live in. It is a world that I could never have imagined. One in which I and everyone around me are forced t...
December 31, 2020This story is titled "A Tale of Two Christmases" that's right Christmases, not "Cities."
December 17, 2020Can you believe that it's almost Christmas? Where does the time go? Thanksgiving was just yesterday and now Christmas is staring us in the face. And just lik...
December 17, 2020This story is titled "A Tale of Two Christmases" that's right Christmases, not "Cities."
December 16, 2020Morgan Williams won't take much credit for thinking outside the box. She says she simply borrowed someone else's great idea and tweaked it to create a field ...
December 10, 2020