To the editor: Many people today believe that faith and facts can’t coincide, but in reality they do. If facts are present it doesn’t discount truth. Many people believe the words “I love you,” but can’t ever prove it. There is a clear distinction between facts and truth, but they ...
To the editor: As an animal lover, I believe that you can judge a person’s character by how they treat their pet. Every year, thousands of innocent animals die at the hands of human cruelty because they are confined and left in extreme temperatures. On Feb. 7, Congressman Tom Marino ...
If you believed some of our Open Line callers (not all of whose comments we printed), Wednesday’s National School Walkout — and specifically the participation in it by students at local schools with the blessing of school administration — was going to be either an excuse to skip school or ...
To the editor: Eliminating real estate taxes for school districts and local and county government, as Scott Wagner says he would do as governor, means that a fairer tax would be needed to replace that lost local revenue. An adjustable-rate graduated income tax, without deductions or ...
Truth. Facts. Transparency. Simple words that shine even more brightly as we celebrate Sunshine Week. This appropriately named week, organized 13 years ago by The American Society of Newspaper Editors and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, helps all of us realize the importance of ...
Three in five people who die of drug overdoses had been treated in hospital emergency rooms for previous overdoses, a study in Maryland found. That ought to be impetus enough for Congress to approve a bill introduced by U.S. Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Mike Doyle, D-Pa. The two have ...
To the editor: The Bumgardner and Trutt family would like to let this community know how much everyone is appreciated. When Sonnie had her accident, minutes after people were praying for her all the way to California. The money raised by this small community was so overwhelming and so ...
To the editor: In response to Stephen Sellers’ letter to the Sentinel on March 7, I would like to say that I agree that mistakes were made including ones made by law enforcement that led to the recent horrible mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, ...
The announcement last week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to meet face-to-face with President Donald Trump to discuss the rogue regime’s development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles was hailed by many as wonderful news. Let’s not get our hopes up. Kim, like ...
The shooting death Wednesday of a high school student in Birmingham, Ala., was one more reminder of the complexity of keeping our schools safe. Courtlin Arrington, 17, was killed and another student was wounded in a classroom, apparently not in an intentional shooting but, instead, an ...