Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

City Council meetings, School Board meetings; not only do we begin with the pledge of allegiance, we begin with the …[READ MORE]

At a recent city council meeting, there were a number of speakers from the local organization Vote16, requesting the the …[READ MORE]

Sometimes, my generosity gets me in trouble.  I have a little free library. It’s not registered with the official organization, …[READ MORE]

Sometimes, the ability to look at the big picture requires panning very far out. The first Sherlock Holmes story was …[READ MORE]

If anyone does not fully appreciate how difficult our civic dialogue has become, the city council meeting on the Jackson …[READ MORE]

Now that the U.S. Census has released a fresh batch of data on who lives in America, it’s notable that …[READ MORE]

Every two years, I become a sports fan, but only for two weeks. It’s an unlikely spell cast by the …[READ MORE]

Whenever we have a city council action that turns out hundreds of speakers, I think of it as a good …[READ MORE]

Whenever we have a city meeting with more than a hundred speaker cards, I sort of brace myself. Plug in …[READ MORE]

Checking back on a story that has not changed in more than a decade is only the slender hope that …[READ MORE]