I cringe every time I hear politicians, TV talking heads and even generals and admirals refer to our troops as “kids.”

In utter disbelief, I read Mayor Harold Logsdon’s revisionist history column in Peachtree City’s Update newsletter. (Attention Councilman Harman: In your last candidate essay you said you chose “to oppose the Kohl’s plan.”)

Oh, what a relief it is, to turn 65 and qualify for Medicare!

As the baby boomers (born after 1945) head toward Medicare, they’ll join a group confronted with bewildering coverage choices they never realized were there. Every fall, starting Nov. 15, Medicare beneficiaries have to make decisions about their coverage for the next year. Of course, it’s happening this year, too.

It’s a sure thing that when family gathers at my house for Thanksgiving dinner, there will certainly be a hot, gooey dish of homemade macaroni and cheese on the table.

This will probably kill his career, but I rise to praise Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut.

“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”
— Jesus

Acting on complaints from the public, Senator Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has launched an investigation into alleged financial wrongdoing involving six high-profile televangelists, all of whom run “non-profit” organizations.

I’ve heard it as long as I can remember. “God is in control!” The phrase is usually used when one has come to the end of their understanding and they just can’t figure things out. Sometimes it is used in a good way, like when someone is genuinely putting their faith in God to take care of an important matter in their life. Other times it is used by people to humbly hide behind God, putting all of the responsibility for a matter on Him, and shunning any responsibility that they should be taking. So let’s examine this from the scriptures. After all, everything we believe should be scriptural, and if you want your beliefs to be scriptural, there is one thing you must have ... scripture.

For the second time in as many years, immigration has fizzled as a wedge issue at the polls. In 2006, Republicans hoped to use anger over illegal immigration to maintain control of Congress, but failed miserably, losing races even in states like Arizona and Colorado that have experienced large influxes of illegal aliens.