Charles de Gaulle once famously complained, “how can you govern a country that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” He may have had a point, though his…
OP-ED: This crystal ball is at least partly cloudyThe Apopka Chief
Charles de Gaulle once famously complained, “how can you govern a country that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” He may have had a point, though his…
OP-ED: We were soldiers once—but it wasn’t our ideaThe Apopka Chief
The U.S. Army and my 19-year-old self had two things in common. Neither of us was enthusiastic about the idea of me being a soldier; and…
OP-ED: Stand up and holler about this two-bit penaltyThe Apopka Chief
My vote for attorney general will go to whichever candidate pledges to decriminalize “the flinch.” An offensive lineman, a guy who weighs in at close to…
OP-ED: An election should be a race, not a Demolition DerbySarah Merly
Would Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson have had more Facebook friends? They disagreed bitterly about almost everything that has to do with running a country, but…
OP-ED: The South on Saturday: Separated by a common bondSarah Merly
The Civil War started in April and went on for four years. If football had been around, I doubt that the South would have lasted past…
OP-ED: Profanity’s overuse takes away meaningSarah Merly
Some people are concerned about the future of public education while others worry about whether Social Security will be around as long as they are. Will Iran get The Bomb? Are the polar ice caps melting? How about identity…
OP-ED: It’s hard to see why eye doctors can’t tell timeSarah Merly
If this is not malpractice, it has to be a breach of promise. Sitting in an eye doctor’s waiting area watching “The Price is Right” for 38 minutes past your appointment time sure…
OP-ED: Latest gas prices fueling déjà vuSarah Merly
All the news just repeats itself, like some forgotten dream that we’ve both seen. John Prine wrote that lyric in 1971, about the time I drew one of…
OP-ED: Dressed to lastSarah Merly
It seems to be a growing trend for buildings that formerly housed some other kind of retail to convert to thrift shops, which is kind of appropriate: Previously owned…
OP-ED: The skies are friendlier, but it is a pain to get thereSarah Merly
Everything about air travel used to be grand and exciting — except the flying. Admittedly, I got off to a bad start on Trip One, bouncing through a Louisiana thunderstorm…








