Columns & Opinions

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/19/2018 - 00:00
Thanks for public alert on newsprint tariff Dear editor, I really appreciate your letting us know about the tariff on newsprint (Reporter, April 12). It’s a small thing, but important.

10 percent want to be forced to like it

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/19/2018 - 00:00
EDITOR’S CORNER Did you see the interesting news last week about Facebook? No, not Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO, testifying before Congress.

How do court reporters keep a straight face?

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/19/2018 - 00:00
SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez old musicians never die, they just decompose. For many years, a popular column in the Texas Bar Journal was written by U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer who collected funny things said in court—Q’s and A’s between lawyers and witnesses.

Not ‘tariff-ic’

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
EDITORIAL Tariffs have been in the news lately but this isn’t about the big-name ones, steel and aluminum. First, let’s be clear what a tariff is. It’s a tax on something. It’s not necessarily meant to be a revenue producer, although it obviously generates some.

What a time Time had 82 years ago

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
EDITOR’S CORNER My friend Phyllis “Okie From Just North of Muskogee” Denman brought me two old magazines she unearthed last week. One is a 1952 edition of Household, a magazine I didn’t recognize. But the other is the May 11, 1936, issue of Time.

A good reason artists should sign their work

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez old accountants never die, they just lose their balance. Picasso, as art lovers know, had his style periods, but his genius was never doubted.

Thoughts from a vacation to East Texas

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
He told me to tell you that Iwas on vacation more or less last week. We spent some time in one of my happy places (East Texas). We drank coffee out of Marshall Pottery mugs at the Joe Pine Coffee shop, ate hot links at J.B’s in Pittsburg, spent the night in Mt.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
Thanks for help with annual Easter Egg hunt Dear editor, We had a great Easter Egg Hunt Friday with face painting, Easter buckets, hot dogs, water, and lots and lots of eggs. The Easter Bunny and Lucky Dog came riding in on a fire truck. The kids were biting at the bit to hunt those eggs.

It’s tax time: might as well laugh about it

G0BjE2ASAR
Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
Neighbor Grover sez a clearance sale is when you can get fantastic bargains on clothing you couldn’t afford if they had your size. Story of the week was sent along by Mary Jane Boyd of our town who admits to occasionally reading this insignificant corner of the newspaper.