The Richmond Register Opinion

A tearful goodbye

2012-04-06T09:00:00-04:00

Friday was my last day as editor of the Richmond Register.
With much consideration and many tears — as well as guidance from those who mentor me — I’ve decided to take on a new challenge, one that allows me a little more time to spend with my family.

Coffee makers and a gaggle of little girls

2012-02-03T08:00:00-05:00

Our Keurig coffee maker has died and I am grieving big time.
Loretta has washed it out with two gallons of white vinegar — twice — and followed all the instructions that came with the book that tells about cleaning it and all that, but I knew, weeks ago, that cleaning it was like dressing a corpse.

Fretting over Christmas choices

2011-12-21T21:39:41-05:00

Right around now is when people start fretting over creches in the public square and arguing as to whether publicly funded Christmas symbols violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment. And right about now is also when certain Jewish groups begin insisting that the answer is to place a Hanukkah menorah right next to that creche, which leads atheists to complain about a plague on both their houses.

Romney bets on old rules as Newt moves under radar

2011-12-16T07:00:00-05:00

We’re not going to lose in New Hampshire.” So says Mitt Romney’s state coordinator, Jason McBride.
Stuart Stevens, the Romney campaign’s TV ad-maker, expresses similar confidence. Asked if Romney might finish second in New Hampshire, his answer is an unhesitating “no.”

Oma Mullins, 97

2011-07-17T21:39:01-04:00

Food tampering laws overdue

2011-06-19T07:00:00-04:00

In 2009, co-workers say a cook at a Kentucky State Park in Barren County put food down his pants before serving it to a retired Kentucky State Trooper he did not like. The cook was fired and a lawsuit was filed. It does not appear he was charged criminally.

Marilyn Monroe never sang to me

2009-07-09T07:55:00-04:00

The Republican governor of South Carolina probably should have a talk with former Kentucky Democrat governor Paul Patton.

Paul might be able to offer some tips on dealing with the extramarital affair recently disclosed after South Carolina’s chief executive vanished for over five days.

Making a bad bill worse

2009-02-12T10:09:00-05:00

How do you make a dreadfully bad piece of legislation -- the nearly $900-billion so-called “stimulus” bill -- worse? Simple -- add protectionism.

The national Ponzi scheme

2009-02-11T11:31:00-05:00

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was set up to combat fraudulent practices. The SEC's website explains that "Ponzi schemes are a type of illegal pyramid scheme named for Charles Ponzi, who duped thousands of New England residents into investing in a postage stamp speculation scheme back in the 1920s.

It’s a dog’s life in Barker home

2009-02-10T13:52:00-05:00

Anybody who knows me that my promise to not write about my dog doesn’t hold any water.