Opinions

A growing trend that is building into a ground swell concerns the mental health of college students. Over the past two or three decades many have become as uptight as a long-tailed cat in a room of rocking chairs.

Although my commute to work is only seven minutes, I sometimes skip the trip back home for lunch and, thus, I land in the prayer garden at my church, with a salad and a glass of sweet tea.

EDITORIAL

Downtown Ennis has suddenly been overtaken with grass. No, not the kind that would drive Pivo, the Ennis police dog, crazy. Unless, of course, he is allergic to hay.

Our 3rd Rock has seen its share of wacky prophetic weather stories, some true, others not. I am sure the debates were lively, though naysayers probably had it pretty rough.

There are two things I have always wished we humans were gifted with. Sure, we were given the gift of the knowledge of good and evil, which we sometimes ignore, but I’m talking about something much more practical.

EDITORIAL

Impact statements are usually emotion-filled outbursts directed towards the person who committed a heinous act towards the victim and their family members.

When in times of trouble or doubt, my heart goes directly to what I know to be true. Rather than automatically believing what a critic says, especially when they are related, thinking objectively is a wholesome solution.

When it comes to watching college football games on television, I know my place. I grew up watching football, enjoying the camaraderie of friends and family members cheering for the Crusaders of Right to conquer the Crusaders of Wrong.

“We have a 7:45 opening,” she said in our phone conversation, and all I could think about was how cold that machine would be at 7:45 a.m. It was time,

I wanna be a spaceman! If you are of a certain age, you might remember wanting to be an astronaut because those guys were cool! Just like Firemen, Police officers