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Opinion

Anonymity isn’t license for free attacks

Speech may be free but defaming an individual — even when the perpetrator is hiding behind the shield of anonymity — can be costly indeed. ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, October 2, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Truth stranger — and funnier — than fiction

It is often said that truth is stranger than fiction, but that may not be a strong enough expression to sum up some of the ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Signature edition takes months of focus

It is hard to believe that October is not even here yet but I am already thinking about February. I have no particular fondness for ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

9/11 impact reaches middle of ocean

David McCown knew he and his 10-year-old grandson, Kyle, were safe, perhaps the safest two people on the planet. But, if he had more information, ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, September 11, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Labor Day time to be thankful, compassionate

I got the message late Friday evening. Three days before Labor Day, one of my best friends was laid off, effective immediately. It didn’t matter ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, September 4, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Children go to bed hungry here at home

In part because of a concerted media push in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, some powerful images remain burned into the collective consciences of so ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, August 28, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Remembering 9/11 is solemn experience

You can start with the numbers that tell a powerful story in their own right: 9/11/2001. The date has become permanently imprinted in the minds ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Nation caught in vicious economic cycle

Scanning through national newspaper headlines Friday morning, one in the Washington Post jumped out at me. “Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

‘You know you are from the Tri-State if …’

How would you finish this sentence: “You know you are from the Tri-State if …” For me, there are so many answers. Here are a ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, August 7, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Media, society magnifying wrong ‘tragedies’

Sometimes, understanding where events fit into this world and how history will remember them takes a little time in order to gain some much-needed perspective. ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Bullying is anything but ‘kids being kids’

Since the dawn of time those who were strong or more powerful preyed upon those who were not. Bullies have been around forever. Whether it ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Businesses need support not legislation

Today’s economic climate poses enough challenges for small businesses that we do not need additional laws that would make it even tougher for them to ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Rotary focuses on leadership not age

It wouldn’t exactly be fair or accurate to call T.J. Parnell the new kid on the Ironton Rotary Club’s proverbial block. Although he is the ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Can you pass First Amendment test?

Do you know how many and which freedoms are guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? If you answered five — religion, press, ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, July 3, 2011 12:00 am

Opinion

Mother Nature forces rise in leaders

Lest we, as the human species, ever forget our place in the universe, Mother Nature is quick to slap us down and remind us exactly ... Read more

by Mike Caldwell, Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:00 am

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