Category: Opinion

The personal attacks and scare tactics being employed in this election season’s campaign ads are beginning to make me think that we can never live up to the Founding Fathers’ expectations for us. Here’s your open line.

I’ll say one thing for local-interest blogs: they have given the everyday Joe a place to practice the fine art of spin control. Here’s your open line.

It’s amazing how every two years everyone with a campaign committee, an interested reporter, or a television camera in their face suddenly becomes fascinated with the idea of improving education. Like a harvest moon, it waxes at summer’s end and wains in the early autumn evening of the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, not to be spoken of again for another twenty-two months. Here’s your open line.

I’m testing out the Google Chrome browser today. So far, so good, but I think I’m still a Firefox man at heart. It think internet browsers are like cold medicines. There are lots of them out there, but none of them do exactly what you want. Oh, well. Here’s your open line.

We went to yesterday’s work session of the Henderson City Council expecting fireworks; however, the net effect was akin to watching a small child bang a rock against a roll of caps. If you don’t believe me, watch the video, if you dare. While we haven’t quite reached a level of cynicism that would prefer conflict to actual content in the news, we do recognize that a certain amount of dissent is necessary to generate the compromise that drives our …

You guys think it’s funny when I put the wrong day on the open line? At least you have the luxury of not being too busy to be able to tell the difference. Here’s your Wednesday open line.

We still think there should be a law about elected bodies holding their regular meetings at the same date and time. I guess that law will go on the books right after the law against apathy is passed. Oh, well. Here’s your open line.

My guided tour of Clarke Elementary School yesterday evening just about knocked our socks off. It’s pretty clear that the people who designed this thing not only talked to educators about their needs, but actually listened to the answers. Even the children, who are sometimes slow to appreciate the sacrifices of their elders, were all smiles. For what it’s worth, HiH offers kudos to all involved. Here’s your open line.

We are pleased and not at all surprised that five out of the six defendants in the Hester vs. Doe case have been able to settle the case against them amicably. We hope that an offer of an amicable resolution will eventually be extended to the sixth. Here’s your open line.

We’ve been comparing the volume of the four trash cans that we’ve filled each week to the volume of the 96 gallon container that we were provided by the city in anticipation of the changeover to private collection next week. Guess what? The new container looks as if it will hold about half the volume of trash my family normally produces in a week. According to the literature we’ve received, if we want the other half hauled away (i.e., if …