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Father’s Day is bittersweet every year because, while I celebrate the loving father my husband is to our children, I don’t have my own father to hug anymore. JEANNE BRAGG, Post Columnist |
| VINSON: DOJ lights more fireworks in Coffee County My curiosity piqued when I learned about a public meeting sponsored by the Muslim community in Coffee County, though for different reasons. MIKE VINSON, Post Columnist |
It’s been said it is better to debate an issue and not have it settled, than to settle an issue with no debate. LARRY BURRISS, Post Columnist |
| LOGUE: Bloomberg ban poses worthy questions I wonder what Michael Bloomberg would think of me as I sit here sipping my large Diet Coke. GINA LOGUE, Post Columnist |
I thought about the swear-to-tell-the-truth process the other day while watching assorted government employees being grilled on C-SPAN by congressional committees. LARRY WOODY, Post Columnist |
| VINSON: Government is worst kind of peeping Tom Being a peeping Tom is treated as a crime of sexual deviancy, which normally deters that behavior - that is unless you're part of the federal government. MIKE VINSON, Post Columnist - 1 opinion posted |
| MRS. MURFREESBORO: Make life easier by seeing ahead Within the past few months, I have started having difficulty reading street signs well even though directions were sometimes luxuriously offered to me by an automated voice on my car’s GPS. JEANNE BRAGG, Post Columnist |
Some Democrats are extremely nervous that once Americans get a taste of Obamacare, voters will hold them accountable - and rightly so. But by postponing the law, they hope to avoid its political fallout. SCOTT DESJARLAIS, U.S. House of Representatives |
| BURRISS: Adults need to know reasons behind rules Remember when you had young children, and when you asked them to do something they said “Why?” And you said “Just because I said so.” LARRY BURRISS, Post Columnist |
| VINSON: Lost treasures uncover value of spring cleaning Procrastination is a constant variable in the human formula. Though some are more prone than others, everyone at some point in life purposely puts off doing something he knows needs to be done. MIKE VINSON, Post Columnist |
On Wednesday, June 5, Americans who are old enough to remember will reflect on the assassination 45 years ago of Sen. Robert “Bobby” F. Kennedy. GINA LOGUE, Post Columnist |
| BURRISS: Does less danger mean more freedom? One of the hallmarks of the American judicial system is the idea that you do not need a law if there isn’t a problem. LARRY BURRISS, Post Columnist - 2 opinions posted |
| BURRISS: Press should be free to work without intrusion Somehow, I thought we were done with various government agencies secretly accessing reporters’ phone records, but apparently not. LARRY BURRISS, Post Columnist |
I will share this story with you only if you promise to not flog me the next time you see me in public. Also, be forewarned that once you read this and decide to repeat it in public, you might want to have a quick exit strategy in place to avoid being attacked yourself. MIKE VINSON, Post Columnist - 2 opinions posted |