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Darrell Huckaby: TV dads can't measure up to the real thing

My buddies and I all agreed that the very best TV dad of all time was Andy Griffith.

Rob Jenkins: Some favorite things I've said about fathers

Tthere are few things I know more about than fatherhood.

Mark Shields: Washington snobbery distracts from the real issues

Edward Snowden has been relentlessly attacked by Washington pundits and politicians for one, unforgivable offense: He did not graduate from high school.

Letter: Nursing homes are reflections of their employees

I am sure there are many in Covington, and perhaps throughout Newton County, who are completely unaware of the passing of an era right here in our own back yard.. In recent years there has been a trend for large corporate organizations to

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Darrell Huckaby: Writing this column never grows old

Sometimes when I speak I am asked to field questions from the audience.

Jack Simpson: Bees in danger

It is scary to think of the consequences if we cannot reverse the decline in bee deaths.

Darrell Huckaby: Choosing a line of work now that I'm retired

Now that I am a retired educator I guess I have to decide what to tell people when they ask me what I do for a living.

Mark Shields: Advice on graduation day

The graduation speaker's duty is to provide some rules or advice for the graduates.

Cal Thomas: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

Journalists should do their jobs on Benghazi and IRS issues.

Darrell Huckaby: It's hard to part with the 'stuff' of life

All good things must come to an end. I haven't really gotten tired of teaching. I just don't have the energy to do it all day any longer.

Jeff Meadors: Is Common Core all it's cracked up to be?

While many consider Common Core State Standards a national movement, opposition mounts.

Darrell Huckaby: Always cherish your mother

If you still have your mother this Mother's Day, cherish her. If you do not, cherish her memory.

Darrell Huckaby: We've lost a lot of color from the words we use

Words. We all have the same ones at our disposal but many of us seem determined to use the same ones over and over.

Jack Simpson: Misplaced loyalty

Just when you think nothing else will confirm your belief that we live on a crazy planet, something new turns up.

Cal Thomas: Taxing Internet sales

The debate over taxing Internet sales isn't about "fairness;" it is, or ought to be, about spending,

Darrell Huckaby: Even in heaven, Hazel Parish is the belle of the ball

If they had a yearbook for towns Hazel would have been best-dressed in Covington's for the past 88 years running.

Jeff Meadors: New accountability standards put burden on teachers

Accountability typically translates into more work for classroom teachers, so much so that many effective teachers now work in private, home-school and charter settings.

Mark Shields: A story too good to check out

Some stories are just too good to check out.

Letter: More rental units a bad deal for Conyers

For those who are our elected officials who never pay attention to the absolute consequences of building communities where the greater majority of residents are renters, here is a concrete rule of thumb: The more renters you draw to your town the more services they will demand and you must provide by law!

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