Opinion

Viewpoint July 1, 2009

DEATH, TAXES AND DEBT COLLECTORS

Jim Hightower

These are hard times for debt collectors. After all, who can pay their bills these days? Not Wall Street, Detroit, millions of homeowners, the rising number of jobless folks - not even several states and cities. But, wait - here are some lively prospects... Full story

Our View June 27, 2009

Let your voice be heard

Santa Rosa County is a wonderful place to be if you are in the newspaper business.Everyone has an opinion and for those of us in the business, we love to hear from you. Many communities have citizens who are far too shy.The Press Gazette has a few different... Full story

Minority Viewpoint June 27, 2009

Vicious Academic Liberals

Walter E. Williams

Ward Connerly, former University of California Regent, has an article, "Study, Study, Study -- A Bad Career Move" in the June 2, 2009 edition of Minding the Campus (www.mindingthecampus.com) that should raise any decent American's level of disgust for... Full story

Viewpoints June 24, 2009

CALIFORNIA: LOOK LEFT, YOUNG MAN, FOR OUR NATION’S DESTINATION

Ron Hart

If you want to see how the Obama big-government agenda will play out for us in the future, look no further than California, his dream high-tax state which votes overwhelmingly Democrat. If you follow the Democratic agenda, you end up with financially-strapped... Full story

Your View June 24, 2009

Letter to the Editor

Trying to do too muchCalifornia is bankrupt - $24 billion in the hole. High state taxes drove businesses out of the state, resulting in a loss of revenue. The citizens, tired of paying the state’s high taxes, rejected new taxes to cover the shortfall.... Full story

Our View June 24, 2009

Punishing the innocent

We don’t usually pay a lot of attention to things going on in Escambia County. That area is, after all, outside the “fence” of our backyard.That said, ideas that begin in one county often end up extending to another and, for that reason,... Full story

Guest Editorial June 20, 2009

DOPING RACEHORSES TO WIN FAST BUCKS

By Jim Hightower

Remember the old folk song about a horse named Stewball? "Stewball was a race horse/ and I wish he were mine/ He never drank water/ He always drank wine."  Gosh, those were the good ol' days for racehorses. Today, they're "drinking" exotic cocktails... Full story

Our View June 20, 2009

Not getting what you paid for?

Have you ever dropped your money in a vending machine only to find, when you push a button, nothing happens?That feeling is what many are experiencing today with our federal government.Look at what is some of the most pressing issues to our congress.They... Full story

Minority View June 20, 2009

Live Free or Die

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS

"Live Free or Die" is the title of author and columnist Mark Steyn's speech at Hillsdale College, reproduced in Imprimis (April 2009), a Hillsdale publication that's free for the asking. Canadian born, now living in New Hampshire, Steyn has had firsthand... Full story

Our View - June 17, 2009

It's time to work together

The Whiting Field Aviation Park green light is news of which many have anxiously awaited. Others, for some reason, just don’t like the idea. Basically, this deal … the first of its kind in the nation … allows Santa Rosa to create... Full story

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