Along about 1956, the year I graduated from high school, there was a popular television program called, "Father Knows Best" starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. While that was a long time ago, I still remember the program and how good I felt after watching it. There were many good programs like that around in those days, but ...

When it comes to politicians, especially members of Congress, taking care of our money, do you ever feel like we have the fox guarding the hen house? It's a proven fact that the greatest instinct we humans have is something called survival. Our national politicians will go to almost any length to stay in office. In a few cases, ...

It's often been said, and rightfully so, that if you are free, thank a soldier, and if you can read, thank a teacher. To be sure, teachers have a very important role in our society and, to a very large degree, the past, present and future success of our nation has been and is entrusted to them. While I am a very strong believer ...

There is an old saying that we have all heard at one time or another, "You are beating a dead horse." The English language is replete with sayings like this and it's one of the things that makes our language so interesting, yet so hard to master, for those who did not grow up in the English language culture. Are you familiar ...

When we began our Conway Bookcase Project back in 2005, several of us asked God to bless it. We should not be surprised when He does, right?

Have you ever had a grace whipping? When we were children, most of us have had a whipping or two at one time or another. Some of us have had more than others. Of course, many people don't believe in whippings at all, but that is another story for another time. Several weeks ago our pastor told a very humorous story about his ...

If you were to ask a thousand people the question, "When it comes to the success of an individual and the success of our nation, which is more important, literacy or sports?," you would find, as I have, that about 99 percent will say literacy.

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There is an old saying that goes, "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy." Perhaps you have heard it. However, there is another saying that should follow, "All play and no work makes Johnny a candidate for the poor house."

The date of Dec. 1, 1997, will be indelibly etched deep into the minds and hearts of the citizens of West Paducah, Ky., for a long, long time. On this date, 14-year-old freshman Michael Carneal opened fire with a .22-caliber semi-automatic handgun on a group of his fellow students in a student-led prayer circle at Heath High ...