Columns

If you could describe 2020 in one word, and for the record, let’s eliminate the word “pandemic,” what word would you suggest to capture...

Jon Gabriel, a contributor to the Arizona Republic, asked a provocative question this past month in a column titled: “God help us: Is politics...

My 2021 calendar is hanging from the closet door.Every year I’ve lived in this house I’ve gotten a cloth calendar, hung from a dowel....

I have never been someone that shops, or even likes to shop. Going into a store just to look has never been a thing...

I sincerely wish all Highland County folks a merry Christmas and a happy new year, but there were some Grinches of this Christmas past....

A fellow I know was grousing about the past year. His birthday was coming up and he felt, once again, that this year failed...

The theme had been rattling around inside the brain of musician and composer Philip Bliss for months. The melody wouldn’t leave him alone, yet...

I’ve served my time. I’m no longer a menace to society — or at least my immune system isn’t.My wife, daughters and I have...

Ever since I was a little kid, while my family was gathered around a load of presents beneath a shiny tree on Christmas Eve,...

As we close the book on 2020 and look forward to a redemptive 2021, it’s hard not to ruminate over the wreckage we leave...