Opinion
A carpenter I am not
Someone once said, “Find something you’re good at, and stick with it.” For some of us, we’re still searching for what that may...
Vacation not all it’s cracked up to be
Here is the problem with going on vacation: You can take a vacation from work and you can take a vacation from school … but you can’t take...
It has been an honor to serve
I am doing something in today’s column I had previously advised Wilmington News Journal Editor Tom Barr and reporter Gary Huffenberger I would n...
A pragmatic approach to resolutions
As I pause to look back over my accomplishments versus my resolutions in 2018, I notice a couple of things. First, the overwhelming urge to drift off ...
Picture worth a thousand thoughts
There it was, staring at me as soon as I opened a box, situated like someone had placed it there on purpose. How long had it been, I wondered, since I...
We have too many laws
We have too many laws in our nation. This is a refrain which I have repeatedly reiterated in this very paper.Some examples from our voluminous crimina...
She died of a broken heart
One of my favorite Christmas memories was one I shared with our son, Greg, several years before he was married.A week before Christmas I left our home...
Shining light on the good
There is little doubt that bad news sells so well that bad is almost all we hear about. We hear about wars, humans treating humans inhumanely, weather...
Christmas magic in many forms
The magic of Christmas comes in many shapes and forms.I remember the shiny gloss of a purple-and-white J.C. Higgins bicycle at age 8. The next year wa...
Home is where you make it
I tend to be a home body. My wife is aggravated by this at times; she is more of a traveler and likes to be on the move.This article idea just popped ...
