Opinion

I get a lot of advice on writing columns. Some people tell me to write funnier. Others say, “Be more serious. Solve the world’s problems.”

A child will require stitches each day, and a father will break his leg in a fall. An aunt needs a hip replacement while her husband’s rotator…

This week’s Time Capsule looks at the Confederate veterans reunion, free radios, a gold rush and Roswell Street Baptist Church.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column first appeared in 2018 and is being republished as a welcome back to the school year.

Isn’t it reasonable that a prosperous nation that wants to protect and perpetuate itself would make a list of things that have destroyed previ…