Free Press
The nature of a free press is not that it is always right, always responsible, or required to print what any person or group wants, but that it is free. It can challenge authority and it can be challenged.
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Finger-pointing May Be Needed
ByhenryI just got in my e-mail an article by Don Gaetz, superintending of Okaloosa County schools. You can find the article at A Port in the Storm on Gulf1 web site. Now before I get to my point, let me first say that I am fully in support of what Don Gaetz said about the…
Not Hating Sarah Palin
ByhenryMary Fairchild has a post today titled Sarah Palin: Why Some Love Her and Others Hate Her. Along with some other discussion, she writes: …Personally, I think it might have something to do with her allegiance to another kingdom, her ‘higher calling.’ As a follower of Jesus Christ, could it be that Sarah Palin knows…
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IntelligentVote.com
ByhenryI like the idea behind this site. You can check off your choices on a number of key bills, and then it will compare those to the votes of your senators and congressman. You will need to either have followed certain issues fairly closely, or you may need to look up specifics of a particular…