Saturday's letters are well worth reading, but for reasons the writers did not imagine. The first letter, so eloquently drafted, compared the current president to Lancelot and Don Quixote. How fitting since Lancelot was an adulterer whose actions tore Camelot apart. Quixote was a charismatic…
Our flagrant disregard to the disease around us continues to drive up infections and death, both locally and around the globe. We flaunt this complacency as part of our so-called "god [sic| given freedom." Freedoms are not granted by the sky genie and COVID is not sent as a 'warning' by some…
A true story, folks. A fourth grader who reported on the origins of the holiday, Thanksgiving.
I've been watching a documentary titled 'Kids Behind Bars,' which calls out hypocrisy in the U.S. justice system. Persons under 18 are mostly considered minors and are not allowed to vote or drink alcohol. Their medical treatment must be governed by their parents or legal guardian. However, …
I am amused by the current dewy-eyed, hang-wring bleating for unity. Experience teaches us that cries for unity are a sign of weakness; the individual, entity, movement et al seeking unity always lacks the strength, confidence and character to meet their goals.
This is an invitation to each Democrat in Highlands County and throughout this one nation under God.
I learned something new this week. It turns out COVID-19 is strictly a political virus, Yep, you can catch it if you go out to eat, shop, go to a Trump rally, vote in person, and more. Shame on you for doing this.
The Georgia voters would not only help themselves but all of the American people if they vote for the two well qualified people that are running for the U.S. Senate for that state.
For one brief, shining moment, America was great again. We had a champion, one lone man standing against the hoard who wanted to destroy us … Lancelot, or maybe Don Quixote, tilting at windmills.
I just read an "opinion" here yesterday, unfortunately, my "friend" is very misinformed. Notwithstanding, the presser stating "Hugo Chavez" (who died in 2013), "Venezuela, and Cuba, all plotted to overturn the election." Bizarre, yet fitting, at "4 Seasons," between the porn shop and cremato…
I have read over the last three years the awful hate and unbridled disgust for President Trump by many of this paper's "Your View" writers. Never once did they give him an ounce of credit for the many positive things he has done, now like clock work, it's let's work together, and let the "al…
Back in the 1950’s when television was a baby, there were various entertainers who each had 15-minute shows. Eventually, these shows grew to become 30-minute and 60-minute shows.
On Monday, Highlands News-Sun, page 1, “28 new cases of COVID-19' with five new deaths bringing the total to 143 with 14 just this week.” On page 6, “Your View” commented that the Northerners were the people that were so afraid of the virus that they were the ones wearing masks. Maybe that a…
In the most recent defeat of President Trump's laundry list of lawsuits, the judge stated, "You're alleging that the two individual plaintiffs were denied the right to vote. But at bottom, you're asking this court to invalidate more than 6.8 million votes, thereby disenfranchising every sing…
Now that the election is over, let’s hope the news media will work on getting its credibility back. There was a day that what journalists said was gospel. Now you have to wonder.
What is a "racial slur"? Who has the authority/right to set the definition? Beauty is to the eye of the beholder: "Black Lives Matter" is acceptable, but "White Lives Matter" or "All lives Matter" is said to be racial.
“Now that Biden is the clear winner,” “damage to our Democracy.”
I find it interesting that the only remaining incumbent on the board of comissioners is the single individual that voted in support of Highlands County becoming a sanctuary for the Second Amendment. After watching the riots, most of us have figured out that during the 'great reset,' we are o…
I never thought I would ever witness a debacle such as what is occurring in the U.S. now. How anyone can actually believe this election was "totally rigged, and fraudulent" but in only the states Trump lost. On top of that, only in specific counties in those states.
What type of example are the county commissioners setting? There are four new commissioners and two other people in the photo in (the Nov. 18) edition. No one is social distancing and no one is wearing a mask. They refuse to take a serious approach to a mask mandate. No wonder our numbers ar…
More good news in the ongoing Great Mask Imbroglio.
Joyce Nunnallee's letter in the Tuesday, Nov. 16,2020 guest column says it all for us. She has all the facts together in a well thought out column. Thanks Joyce.
Time for businesses to step up. We all know that we can stop the spread by simply wearing a mask. I ask all those businesses that have signs at their door about their requirement to wear a mask enforce that. Walmart, Publix, Winn Dixie, Lowe's, Home Depot and all the others. I have one thing…
Well, it looks like we have a two-time loser in the White House: (1) lost the election, (2) very sore loser.
I sense, as many Americans do, that there is something seriously wrong with the way this presidential election was conducted.
Whew! That was a close one. Now that Biden is the clear winner, we can spend the next four years repairing all the damage done to our democracy. We can begin a serious attempt to get the virus threat under control. My first suggestion to Joe Biden would be to get one of Florida’s termite com…
President Donald Trump usually appeals to our emotions and completely ignores logic.
The elections were no mandate for the Democrats or they wouldn't have had massive losses in the U.S House and state Houses. If Republicans can prevent the institutionalizing of fraud in the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia and win both seats on Jan. 5, 2021, the Democrats are on their way to…
The Sebring Historical Society in partnership with the Friends of the Kenilworth Lodge invite your readers to visit the Weigel House, 1989 Lakeview Drive, Sebring, between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. A display about the Kenilworth Lodge and an ongoing project of the Friends of t…
Right on cue, sore losers and hypocrites seep from the nation's fabric with two- faced writings that thrash their opponents. Doing so under the cloak of religion is their favored model in justifying sensesless spew. Anyone who doesn't tow the right wing line is automatically labeled a social…
Just prior to Nov. 3, my wife and I were manning the Democratic headquarters here in Sebring, when a typical Trumpmobile (a big-wheeled pickemup truck with loud music) pulled up to the front door and deposited a four-pack of Kleenex boxes.
Once upon a time, a man named Sebring went fishing with a friend of his at Lake Jackson. The man named Sebring had left Sebring, Ohio, and come to Central Florida for his health.
A recent guest columnist made so many misstatements of fact that it is hard to count them all.
Have we become soft? In World War II, we knew how to stand as a nation, we knew how to sacrifice. For the war effort, we backed conscription, rationing and major upheavals in our lives. On average we lost 220 soldier’s lives per day and we stuck to it.
$14 billion – that’s how much money was spent on the 2020 elections. Or at least an estimate. That’s $14,000.000,000. That is a whole lot of zero’s.
As another presidential election ends, we are presented with an opportunity to set the nation on a new course. For some, however, this process still remains a team sport. It is not.
As one who has likewise served the people of God for over half a century, I was mortified to read the guest column in the Nov. 10 edition of the News-Sun, written by Rev. Frederic Jeans. Like the reverend, I too had cast my vote for Donald Trump, hoping for another four years of reduced taxe…
Everybody lies and everybody cheats, but liberals do so with endless impunity. They have no shame and believe that they are right in what they are doing at all cost. Liberals have grown from a small presence in politics to a very noticeable presence that even Nancy Pelosi cannot come out and…
Using religion to intimidate another is a fruitless, childish behavior. It's been used and overcooked over centuries and while some fall prey to it, I do not. Because I know that the Laws of Evolution are true and because I don't humble myself before some made up phantasm doesn't make me 'go…
I was honored to have the opportunity to meet Alex Trebek, host of "Jeopardy!," when I appeared on the game show last year. He was undergoing treatment for his stage 4 pancreatic cancer at the time. He freely discussed his medical condition as he took questions from the studio audience.
This is a reply to a letter which was a reply to manifestos written of opinions that cannot be classed as facts. I have replied to previous letters by this scribe and to my knowledge my questions were never answered.
The people of this country have decided who should lead this country for the next four years, and the only one who "didn't get the memo" was Donald J. Trump. It can be assumed that the 71 million that voted for Trump were all good Trumpers while the inference being that the 75 million that v…
It's with a sense of relief I wake up and hope that the real work can begin. After four years of our country being ripped from its hinges, and our standing in the world disappearing maybe we can start work on the very real problems facing us.
I agree with the excellent comments written by the former principal at Avon Park High School concerning both Jim Whitney and his wife Cheryl, who recently passed away.
In 1887, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic (which we are) some 2,000 years prior. "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democr…
Again, climate change is not human cause, which I explained in a previous writing in the newspaper. Evolution was never proven and was disproven by the second law of thermodynamics, the law of biogenesis, which states that life cannot be created from the non-living, such as chemicals, and th…
This is a big “thank you” to the Highlands County Commission for not caving in to the ill-considered clamor for countywide, fascist mask protocols to be put in place.
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Recent manifestos written to the paper spout a number of opinions that cannot be classed as facts. Let me summarize some real facts.
The county commissioners again stonewall on the mask issue even as COVID-19 cases in the county continue at a double digit rate. One commissioner exhibits outright ignorance claiming masks don’t work, in contradiction of expert scientific advice.
