Abilene Reporter-News Stories: Opinion

Patriotic program honored veterans

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

Where were you on Nov. 11 as we honored veterans? Veteran retired teachers honored our veterans at Prime Time during our monthly meeting with decorations and members attired in red, white and blue.

Stranger pays tribute by paying for meal

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

My daughter came home on leave on Nov. 20. We took her to her favorite restaurant for dinner.

Stop using nouns as verbs

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

English is a tough language for immigrants to learn, and it isn't made any easier when a noun is used as a verb.

Branding committee makeup called flawed

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

How utterly ridiculous that the committee to choose a brand for Abilene does not include two of the most important people who promote Abilene.

Let's put divisive election behind us and be one nation

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

My wife and I are Christian and proud Catholics. During the presidential campaign, we prayed for Obama because we felt he was the better person for the presidency.

'Frontiering' not a welcoming slogan

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

The new slogan sounds like Abilene is digressing with the recession.

Photo a disservice to athlete

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:55:00 -0000

Who had the idea to put that picture of Stephen Warren on the front page of the Nov. 15 Sports section? This young man did great things for his team, and this is the final picture of the last game he will play for Abilene High. Shame, shame, shame.

Guest column wrong to criticize student paper's endorsement

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

Friday, Nov. 28, 2008

Maybe we should start anew

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

Once again, the feature article on the front page of the Abilene Reporter-News (Nov. 16 edition) deals with the proposed new brand, or motto, "Abilene Frontiering."

Thank you to Dr. Shannon Cooke

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0000

The family of Bill Agnew would like to express deep appreciation to the tribute paid Bill by the Abilene Reporter-News. Bill passed away 48 hours after a very successful surgery by Dr. Shannon Cooke.

Stressed parents cry out for help

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:29:00 -0000

At one level, it sounds like a very bad joke.

Urgency missing from showroom floor

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:28:00 -0000

WASHINGTON -- So you have some cash and you could use a new car and believe this is a great time to buy, particularly the Detroit kind. After all the Big Three chiefs have gone hat in hand to Congress for relief from pending financial disaster and will be back this week to present a plan on how they would spend the billions of taxpayer money.

It's time for nation to come together

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:49:00 -0000

Hey! Did you happen to notice anything different on the morning of Nov. 5, the day after the election? For instance, Nov. 4 was Election Day, and it was rather hectic, to say the least. You might have been wondering if the world would survive. But as you awoke Wednesday morning and peeped outside, the world was still standing, the sun was still shining brightly and everything seemed peaceful. Then came the realization that Sen. Barack Obama had handily won the race for the next president of the United States of America. The race had many people hot and bothered. It had gotten a wee bit ugly.

Nation, troops take moment to count blessings

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:48:00 -0000

Last Thursday, we celebrated Thanksgiving, feasting on turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and many other familiar dishes. We ate too much, just like you. The cooks worked overtime to make this meal memorable.

Why believe?

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:47:00 -0000

I was crammed into a middle seat. The guy in front was practically in my lap and I had my arms drawn in tightly as I pecked furiously on the keyboard. God glanced over. "What are you working on?" He asked.

So far, so good on Obama transition

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:46:00 -0000

So, folks, how is he doing? With every day bringing more bad financial news, with job loss now an equal opportunity experience, with paying the mortgage each month a major hassle, we can at least be glad that Barack Obama is said to be ahead of any previous president-elect in putting together his team.

A new 'New Deal' would be a bad deal

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:44:00 -0000

Early in what became the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes was asked if anything similar had ever happened. "Yes," he replied, "it was called the Dark Ages and it lasted 400 years." It did take 25 years, until November 1954, for the Dow to return to the peak it reached in September 1929. So caution is sensible concerning calls for a new New Deal.<

Despite election, we still have far to go

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:43:00 -0000

I’m a grandchild of the civil rights movement. I can’t remember it personally, but my mom can. She was not on the front lines of the struggle, but it nonetheless defined so much of her early adulthood: the slow realization that the way she had been raised in Jim Crow Alabama was wrong, the growing understanding that her Christian faith was incompatible with the racist views of the family she loved, etc.

Dining table serves as the centerpiece of families' lives

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:41:00 -0000

The aroma of my mom's roast, potatoes and gravy invaded every square foot of our small, modest home outside the desert town of Victorville, Calif. She had just taken it out of the oven and sat it on the table, to the delight of her family and guests.

Professors' right to talk politics

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:48:00 -0000

In 1892, a Massachusetts court ruled that a policeman’s speech rights had not been violated by a law forbidding certain political activities by officers.