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…
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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…
OP-ED: To get heroes, the paychecks need zeroesThe Apopka Chief
While looking at a somewhat disappointing selection of New York strip steaks, my thoughts naturally turned toward college football. What if big-time coaches did their own grocery shopping?
OP-ED: It’s almost quitting time — let’s get something startedThe Apopka Chief
Not to be morbid or anything, but if a lifetime was a 9-to-5 workday, I’d be at about 4:45, a time when a lot of otherwise pretty good employees start putting their tools away and…
OP-ED: Nobody ever said it would be all smooth sailingThe Apopka Chief
G.I. beans and G.I. gravy Gee, I wish I’d joined the Navy We used to sing that song at Fort Polk when we were marching around the backside…
OP-ED: Why do I have to foot this ‘medical’ bill?The Apopka Chief
Several years ago I had so much trouble with my left foot that I had to hop to the bathroom first thing in the morning. This discomforted me,…
OP-ED: Thank you for your patronage…now, go awayThe Apopka Chief
I recently finished “Semi-Colon: The Past, Present and Future of a Misunderstood Mark.” When you can find a whole book about one piece of punctuation, you’ve got a collection worth browsing.
OP-ED: Those who teach teachers never seem to learnThe Apopka Chief
There are thousands of teachers going back to school this week, and you would be wise to give them a wide berth. They are liable to have already been pushed close to the limits of their endurance,…
OP-ED: Cursive could take the edge off those sharp wordsThe Apopka Chief
One simple rule would greatly reduce the hostility in this polarized country of ours: Require that all social media postings be written out in longhand cursive.
OP-ED: Where you sit can show you where you standThe Apopka Chief
Sometimes I feel like we all went to Taylor Swift’s wedding. Except this time, instead of being dragged along by my wife, I was dragged along by…
OP-ED: Cheers are just noise if you don’t care about the gameThe Apopka Chief
Soccer is fun to watch – at recess. You get 40 kids running 37 different directions, screeching, waving arms, kicking when there’s no ball anywhere near them, jumping,…