Category: Editorials

(The following column is a re-write of a column I wrote two years ago. I came across it again and thought it worth updating and running again.) One Sunday morning during church…

Happy New Year! 2021 has come and gone and we find ourselves staring 2022 straight in the face. My favorite New Year’s childhood memories find me spending every New Year’s Eve with…

I didn’t think much about falling when I was a kid, though I did plenty of it. Most of the time, I popped right back up and went about my business. I…

Make sure you have the true Christmas Spirit   With Christmas right around the corner it is so easy to get wrapped up in Santa Claus and presents. With so little time…

Never in my lifetime did I expect to witness the federal government assert forced control over the health choices of private individuals. And I surely didn’t expect a county in my own…

Are newspapers dying out? I think not   There has been much talk in today’s world of the internet and high-speed knowledge that the printed newspaper is dying out. Some think that…


So many times in life we are caught up in our feelings about what we don’t have in life and miss so much of what we do have. So many times, we…

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the problems with the “supply chain.” From what I’ve heard, there’s a lot of blame to go around for these problems. Seems to me there’s…

Haters hat·er [ hey-ter ] noun • a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing • a person who thrives on showing hate toward, criticizing, or belittling other people…

One year ago, I wrote a column entitled “I want to change my corner of the world.” Those words seem to best describe why I love the newspaper business. We all have…

This Sunday, Oct. 17, will mark the 3rd birthday of my granddaughter, Kennedy! What a true blessing the last three years have been. When I had my children, I did not really…

I was talking to a teenager the other day, and she was telling me how when she gets in trouble, at home, she gets slapped. I was horrified. I know this seems…

“This is not about freedom or personal choice. It is about protecting yourself and those around you” – President Joe Biden – Sept. 9, 2021 Let me repeat that … “This is…

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Articles, Columns, Editorials and Letters to the Editor explained!   Below is a column that I generally (re)run about once a year. I just last ran it last September. However, because of…

We’ve let Afghanistan down We’ve let Americans down We’ve let our veterans down   In Joe Biden’s inaugural speech, he emphasized he wanted unity in the United States. Well, he has it!…

Newspapers are Small Businesses too   Every day, all day, journalists across this nation are delivering news that matters at an unprecedented, vital time. I am so grateful for the work they…

We won – we won – awards galore   We are over the top excited to announce that we (ECB Publishing, Inc.) won 13 awards at the recent annual Florida Press Association…

My life has come full circle   On August 4, 1964 my parents, Tommy and Mary Ellen Greene, put out their very first edition of the Madison County Carrier. My parents (at…