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Hopefully, COVID-19 has taught us to care more for those isolated every day

By Walt Mullins, READ MORE > 647 Reads
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 05:12 PM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

Here I sit, looking over my life’s joyful times and tragic times — lessons easily learned without effort and those learned the hard way.

Then and now: Dedicated to the people I knew in the Seattle of yesteryear

By Lewis Burt, READ MORE > 1,075 Reads
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 05:10 PM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

For 70-plus years, I have been telling my friends about the best city to pull liberty. Now, I feel the urge to tell America. That city was Seattle, Washington. After four years in the Navy, I had been to a lot of cities and towns.

State officials bend to political correctness, bow to hatemongers over flag

By Betty Rogers, READ MORE > 1,132 Reads
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 05:09 PM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

I believe in the separation of church and state, and so did the writers of the Constitution.

The people in Mississippi had no vote in the removal of our flag, but we will get to vote on our choice of a new flag, as long as it reads, “In God We Trust.”

There are signs of a movement toward Marxism in America’s present chaos

By Gerald Savage, READ MORE > 1,180 Reads
Fri, 07/10/2020 - 11:05 AM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

Where do we start with all that is going on in America?

First, we have a biological weapon of war unleashed to do what it is doing now: shutting everything down and killing our economy and much of the world’s economy.

Magnolia State’s flower would make Mississippi’s new flag very unique

By Felder Rushing, READ MORE > 1,207 Reads
Fri, 07/10/2020 - 11:04 AM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

As I travel across the world, I’m often asked where I’m from and, because we have both good and bad cultural baggage, when I say “Mississippi” I get looks and comments. Many are favorable; some are not.

Watch for signs of drug abuse among addicts freed from lockdown restrictions

By Aaron Olson, READ MORE > 649 Reads
Thu, 07/02/2020 - 09:27 AM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

Things are beginning to go back to normal as businesses begin to reopen and people start going back to normal life.

Have you been in self-isolation with a loved one who struggles with substance abuse? If your answer is yes, you need to stay aware of their behavior.

I will fly the current state flag of Mississippi until the people vote to change it

By Lewis Burt, READ MORE > 1,071 Reads
Thu, 07/02/2020 - 09:26 AM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

In 2001, we the people of Mississippi voted by a 2-1 margin to keep the flag of 1894. In 2020, the lawbreakers in Jackson voted to do away with it.

Government rides roughshod due to COVID-19 but turns lax over rioting

By Wendell Carvan, READ MORE > 1,211 Reads
Thu, 06/25/2020 - 12:12 PM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

It’s a strange time for America. Perhaps a wake-up call is in the works for those paying attention.

In some cities and states we are seeing two opposing governing extremes from duly elected local and state officials.

We survived Cold War bomb threat, but now another bomb has exploded

By Betty Rogers, READ MORE > 689 Reads
Thu, 05/28/2020 - 09:23 AM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

When I was in grammar school, we had drills in case of a nuclear attack. We had to put our arms over our heads and get under our desk.

This was what we were told to do, and we did it. This was in the ’60s, during the Cold War. We never saw a nuclear bomb, but we knew what to do.

When quarantine forced us to stay indoors, some thieves took advantage

By Nell Wolfe, READ MORE > 811 Reads
Thu, 05/28/2020 - 09:22 AM

Editor, Sun-Sentinel:

When you are asked to stay home, which my husband and I have done since March 1 except for one trip to buy groceries, you order some items online.

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