Editorials

Leave the clown costumes at home

Enough with the clowns already. For the past couple weeks, creepy clowns have terrorized parts of America. They’ve…

Columns

Going lowercase: The race for the White House

This semester has been a hard one to teach a class about the U.S. Presidency. What sounded pretty…

Editorials

Will women stick with Trump?

Will Republican women still support Donald Trump following the publication of a 2005 recording of Trump demeaning women…

Columns

Here’s to more time in the recliner

According to the garden in the backyard, fall has officially arrived. The lettuce is thriving, the collard greens…

Editorials

Sidewalks should be a priority

We’re grateful that Brookhaven officials approved an expected $52,000 sidewalk along Turner Street near Alexander Junior High. Unfortunately,…

Columns

Connecting two people with six steps

Have you ever played Six Degrees of Separation? That’s the game based on the idea that everyone is…

Columns

Live, blossom, be fruitful — Don’t not be a snag

My daddy loved fishing. And I loved fishing with my daddy. When I was a boy, we would…

Editorials

October is breast cancer awareness month

It’s the month of pink. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an effort to bring attention to a…

Editorials

Use caution when crossing train tracks

Though Brookhaven has been fortunate lately when it comes to train-vehicle collisions, the possibility remains in a town…

Columns

My top stops at the Ole Brook Festival

Acclaimed Southern writer Rick Bragg has aptly pointed out that young men today can play 5,000 video games…