OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

Fair warning: Winter begins on Sunday!
But if you're like me, you thought it had been here for quite some time -- and should be winding down, not just getting cranked up!
I'm one of those "80 degrees and sunny" seems about right, folks, and the older I get, the less I like cold weather.
And if I never seen another snowflake, well, that would be just fine with me.

Life comes at you fast.
It wasn't that long ago that I felt young and wild and free ... making fun of the long-held human migration pattern to Florida.
You know how it goes: Folks spend most if not all of their productive work lives in colder climates, only to retire in Florida for a number of reasons, the primary of which being its warm climate.

Dear editor: As a lifelong animal lover and Professional Dog Trainer I have devoted my life to the care, concern, and development of service and assistance animals.
My experiences have taught me to appreciate animals above humans because frankly, "animals don't have a hidden agenda."
Never has this concept of the "hidden agenda" been more on my mind, than when I think about the case of Patricia Burnette Chastain and her forced removal from the office of Franklin County Clerk of Court.

Dear editor: People critical of Trump have often been accused by him and his sycophantic supporters of suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, suggesting that those who oppose him are irrational and hysterical.
Trump has applied the derisive label to Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, his former chief of staff John Kelly, numerous TV hosts, actor Robert De Niro, and even Elon Musk, when their relationship turned sour after Musk's disastrous direction of DOGE.

Dear editor: Mr. Strickland and Democrats who suffer from Trump Deranged Syndrome distort Trump's pardoning of 1,500 political prisoners, the so-called insurrectionists of Jan. 6, 2020.
The so-called insurrection that occurred on Jan. 6 was the strangest in history. The insurrectionists showed up disorganized and without weapons. Moreover, the palace guards opened the doors and let them in Some of the guards even escorted some of the insurrectionists around the building.