Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

This letter is in response to the commentary titled “Selma” by Edward A. Tharp in Friday’s (March 27) The Times Record. In 1948, as a young sailor going through school in Tennessee, I had occasion to ride the bus from the Naval Station in Millington to downtown Memphis. When I boarded, the bus was mostly […]

There’s a bumper sticker that states: “9-11-01, Never Again.” Perhaps it’s a prayer, or maybe it’s fighting-words, but whether a plea or a promise it is how we choose to empower ourselves going forward that will prevent a repetition of such a horrific act. We already had the world’s mightiest national defense and greatest tactical […]

When Ted Cruz officially stepped into the 2016 presidential ring last week the boo-birds attacked immediately. But it wasn’t just the liberals of the mainstream media who threw bottles and chairs at the conservative Texan. It was Cruz’s fellow Republicans. Is he qualified after only three years in the Senate? Where was he born again? […]