“You probably think this world is a dream come true…” Cat, from Coraline Alice discovers Wonderland. Pinocchio travels to the island where all naughty little boys have fun (until nightfall.) Dorothy is carried to Oz, Thomas More finds Utopia, and Gulliver wishes he had never left the land of the Houyhnhnms.
Category: Opinion
Friday’s open line
For those of your who are superstitious about this day, you may want to stay in the house. If the track record of recent remakes is any indication, you may also want to avoid today’s release of the 1980 slasher film bearing today’s day and date. Here’s your open line.
Wednesday’s open line
One of the things that President Barack Obama talked about in the midsts of trying to push the economic stimulus package through Congress was the weatherizing of homes. Hey, I have a home. And there’s weather here! Where can I sign up to get my very modest, affordable, barely middle-class house weatherized? Or am just one of the lucky taxpayers who gets to pay for someone else’s house to get a tune-up and a refinanced mortgage, courtesy of the public …
To the editor: Spay now, save money later
Dear Readers & Friends of Wild at Heart: The days and nights leading up to, through, and following Groundhog’s Day to Valentine’s Day are intense when fertile female domestic cats come into their first seasonal heat cycle.
Thursday’s open line
According to yesterday’s Daily Dispatch, the Henderson City Council’s recent decision to curb retiree benefits “could reduce the taxpayers’ legal responsibilities to the city employees from $14.9 million to $7.1 million by setting up a tiered system”.
Monday’s open line
As a member of both the Pittsburgh Diaspora and the Steeler Nation, I promise to keep my gloating over the latest Steelers Super Bowl victory to an absolute minimum. Here’s your open line.
Wednesday’s open line: sanitation vs. cop
In response to a presentation made by Henderson Police Chief Keith Sidwell in which he requested a 15% pay raise for the sworn officers of his department (excluding his office), Henderson City Council member Lonnie Davis stated that “sanitation workers are also very, very important.”
Tuesday’s open line
To the keepers of the the public purse, I offer this observation: You get what you pay for. Consider the ramifications on today’s open line.
Thursday’s open line
President Barack Obama said yesterday that he wants honesty and transparency to be hallmarks of his administration. We hope that trickles down. Here’s your open line.
To the editor: Why more?
What is the state and county’s role in economic development and how well are they doing?
Thursday’s open line
I don’t know about you, but I think its insulting when the Henderson City Council or any other elected body speaks in code during an open session (see the article City endorses econ. dev. partnership with county if you’re curious about what I’m talking about). I didn’t like it when I was a kid and my parents did it, and I sure as heck think it’s condescending now. Hint: “City father” is a
Friday/weekend open line
Once again I am reminded that meetings of the Henderson City Council and the Vance County Board of Education almost always conflict with one another. Am I the only one who thinks a citizen should be able to attend both, whether or not he or she chooses to exercise that right?
Etheridge’s New Year’s resolutions
This year begins with challenges of the sort we haven’t seen in a generation, and I have taken the time to commit myself to some goals, personal and professional, for 2009 that I would like to share with you.
Friday’s open line
Now it’s time for what I call the “Holiday Letdown”. The holiday letdown occurs when my children realize that all the stuff they got for Christmas and Hanukkah has in no way improved the quality of their lives. And yet they still want more. I suppose it is the curse of living in a consumer culture. Oh, well. Here’s your open line.
Monday’s open line
It’s three days until Christmas and gas prices haven’t taken their customary leap towards the Star of Bethlehem. Things must really be off-kilter. Oh, well. Enjoy the open line.
Friday’s open line
For those of you who have an interest in such things, today is the last day of school for Vance County Schools for the calendar year 2008. As an teacher, I wish the break was shorter. Two weeks is an eternity in which to forget one’s lessons when one only has a few years under his or her belt. However, as a working stiff… Bring it on.
Wednesday’s open line
Eight days until Christmas, and the stores are looking empty — like my pockets. Well, socks and underwear were Christmas fare when I was a boy (yes, we had a tree — long story). Maybe it’s time we got back to basics. There’s nothing like a warm pair of socks on a cold day.
Thursday’s open line
Pet peeve: the proper response to “thank you” is “you’re welcome”, not “mmm hmmm”. I cannot help but think that the foundation of a civil society is a polite and considered exchange of words, not pre-articulate grunting. *Sigh*
To the editor: Concerned about school budget cuts
I read in the Henderson Daily Dispatch online edition about Dr. Shearin’s decisions on reversions in state funding.
Video review: Horton Hears a Who
“On the fifteenth of May, in the Jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing…enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton the Elephant heard a small noise.”