Newsletter
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Proponents of global warming might call it a sign of the times, but the federal government has launched a national drought portal. It provides a comprehensive look at drought conditions as they exist today and forecasts of where they're ...
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By BeckyCooper in The Daily Commute
Sometimes you see strange things along the highway. On the way to work today I met a northbound ambulance and following behind it was a hearse....not a good sign for someone.
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By BeckyCooper in The Daily Commute
On my way to work today I stopped at the fire station and cast my vote in the Constitutional amendment election and the Yoakum school bond election - both very important issues. It only took a couple of minutes. If you ...
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A creative cubicle ... is there such a thing?
By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
As I'm sitting here writing this, I'm looking at the wall behind my computer screen. A light tan. It's not ugly and it's not horrible, but at the same time, it isn't thought-provoking. And I don't think I'm alone. I ...
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Why didn't Denzel Washington make the front page instead of Michael Ratcliff?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
One of my favorite Web sites is Snopes, which checks out all of those rumors floating around cyberspace. I don't know who runs the site, but I've found it a great way to quickly check out the e-mails my friends, ...
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Atlantic Cit y or bust, Part 2
By BeckyCooper in The Daily Commute
To recap Part 1 - we took a trip to Atlantic City, our connecting flight from Atlanta to Atlantic City was canceled Monday. After more delays on Tuesday, we finally arrived in the early morning hours of Wednesday for ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
As a 20-something in the news industry, I've seen my fair share of older, supposedly wiser veterans in the business take a stab at my generation. They write their op-eds and columns about how what we, collectively as a group, ...
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By ALongLook in The Write Stuff
There is nothing worse for this writer than a blank piece of paper or computer screen, with no ideas readily flowing from the brain to the fingers. And, weirdly, I kind of have the opposite problem. I have a completed ...
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Editorial cartoons don't necessarily reflect views of the newspaper's editorial board
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
An Advocate reader took umbrage at a recent editorial cartoon. I've attached the offending cartoon to this post, so you know the subject of the controversy. What are your thoughts about editorial cartoons? Below is the reader's complaint and then my response: Mr. ...
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Atlantic Cit y or bust, Part 1
By BeckyCooper in The Daily Commute
Last week my husband and I took a trip to the East coast. We were looking forward to this trip because we had never been there and we were ready for a break from the daily grind. We flew out ...