Editorials

All Saint’s Day doesn’t go Peyton’s way

Ron Hart, The Hart Beat

LOS ANGELES — The Super Bowl is one of those great annual events that is uniquely American — except for the Roman numerals. I think those still belong to the Vatican. If you missed it, the final score was Saints XXXI and Colts XVII.... Full story

COLUMN: Does life imitate art or is it the other way around?

By Buzz Livingston, Just Plain Talk

My friend Lane Rees lost his job as Walton County commissioner because, believe or not, he was not sufficiently Republican, merely a Republican In Name Only (RINO). It is difficult for me to imagine Lane being insufficiently Republican. There is a... Full story

COLUMN: Financial planning and football

By Buzz Livingston

When they tee it up tomorrow, I will be in the minority. Unlike most locals I will be cheering for the Colts. It’s not that I have an animus for the Saints, I just have been a Colts fan before there was such a thing as the Super Bowl. For... Full story

COLUMN: Osama still calling the shots from a cave

By Ron Hart

Osama bin Laden, who makes more disturbing tapes than Paris Hilton and is similarly fighting to remain relevant, reappeared recently taking credit for the Nigerian crotch bomber’s failed mission to Detroit. I predict that in his next missive,... Full story

COLUMN: An emergency relief effort in our own back yard

By Carol McCrite

While the world's attention is focused on the victims of Haiti, people who live 30 minutes from the beaches of South Walton County go hungry. Word was released on Monday, Jan. 25, that Walton County Commissioners sent a representative to meet with... Full story

COLUMN: Don’t let recycling get trashed in Walton County

By Melanie Jordan

I just returned home from the courthouse annex after attempting to pick up more rolls of the blue “recycling” bags.  After searching around, I finally inquired as to where they might be. I was told that they were all out. When I... Full story

Chains we can’t believe in

Ron Hart

INLET BEACH — Home run record holder Mark McGwire finally came clean on his steroid use in 1998, the year he broke the record. People were shocked; Sammy Sosa’s face turned white as a sheet when he heard. So, let’s sum up the... Full story

Government charging government, and so on and so forth

EDITORIAL Sept. 26, 2009

At the Sept. 16 Walton County School Board meeting, School Superintendent Carlene Anderson proposed paying $250 for membership to the Walton County Economic Development Alliance. The school district has a permanent seat on the EDA board.... Full story

Celebrate a Constitution like no other

EDITORIAL SEPT. 19, 2009

In the first years after the American Revolution, an infant nation in the New World seemed on the verge of collapse. Neither a feeble Congress nor the one-term presidents were able to mediate disputes between the 13 states, and they couldn’t... Full story

Let us honor the sacrifice some make in doing their jobs

EDITORIAL Sept. 5

Friday marks the eighth year since 9/11. And while many of us will celebrate a three-day weekend, many others will not. Members of the military continue to search for Osama bin Laden and members of the Al Qaida cells who planned and executed that... Full story

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