A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” – The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution I wasn’t planning on going here so soon after sharing my thoughts on the[Read More…]
Tag: Editor’s Column
Defensive? You might be part of the problem {Editor’s Column}
By Niki Turner [email protected] “ Be honest. Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.” ~ Dale Carnegie As soon as one party goes on the defensive, positive forward progress grinds to halt. Each[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Deserts or desserts?
This Sunday commemorates the signing of our nation’s Constitution. I wantedto print the Constitution in its entirety as we did with the Declaration of Independence, but space this week has not permitted me to do so. Small towns are wonderful fodder for fiction, whether mystery, romance, thriller or otherwise. Part[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: News, or melodrama?
Between the fires in the western half of the U.S. that have clogged the atmosphere with smoke, the hurricanes flooding the southern states, and word that North Korea has amped up its nuclear weapons tests and has America in a bullseye, it’s starting to feel like a particularly sketchy season[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Time flies when you’re having fun
Time also flies when you’re climbing a learning curve that has a steep incline. Tomorrow (Sept. 1) marks our one-year anniversary as owners of the Rio Blanco Herald Times and associated publications. It really has been fun, almost all of the time! Co-owners Caitlin Walker and my husband Pat have[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Oh, the errors we make…
Chalk it up to “eclipse energy,” or Mercury in retrograde, or summer exhaustion, or back to school madness, but last week was a rough one for errors. My logical brain knows that’s going to happen from time to time. Major newspapers devote entire sections to corrections every day. There are[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Whose flag are you flying?
I said the Pledge of Allegiance twice this week. Both times I couldn’t help pondering the Nazi and Confederate flags brazenly displayed at the protests in Virginia. Here’s my question: how does one declare allegiance to the flag of the United States of America—one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: On learning…
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ~ Henry Ford That applies to all areas of life, from spirituality to spelling and from politics to perception. There’s always something we can learn and in our modern world a multitude of[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature
When I was a kid there was a popular series of television commercials for margarine that ended with the words, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” followed by dramatic thunder and lightning triggered by an angry middle-aged woman. (As a middle-aged woman there are so many places I could[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: How about an indoor beach?
With all the turmoil surrounding the Meeker Adventure Center, I think I’ve stumbled across an alternative that might appeal to everyone. Well, everyone who craves the beach during our nine months of winter. Which is everyone, right? (We only have three months when it doesn’t snow, if we’re lucky, so[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Crowdfunding our health
I’m waiting for permission from the Daily Sentinel to share an article about Savannah Edinger, who has lots of Meeker connections, and her recovery from a traumatic accident on I-70 that left her with serious burns and killed two of her beloved horses. Our thoughts and prayers are with her[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: What color is your news?
When I was little, I hated the nightly news, and much preferred the comics section to the front page in the newspaper. I was a kid, that’s how it’s supposed to be. News—real news—isn’t entertainment. It’s not supposed to be “clickbait.” Headlines shouldn’t be embellished just to get you to read[Read More…]