Today's Opinions

When the General Assembly meets in odd-numbered years, it has a much different schedule than it does in those ending in an even number.
The meeting time is 30 rather than 60 days, and the first four of those are set aside just to elect legislative leaders and appoint members to committees.  The bulk of our work doesn’t begin until early February, and it effectively ends a little more than a month later.

It’s Valentine’s Day; what will your sweetie have for you when he or she comes home from work?
As you know, the internet has a plethora of statistics. If you believe any or even part of those numbers, you may be interested to know that for that one special day over $13 billion is spent in the United States.
More women purchase Valentine’s Day cards than men, while more men buy flowers than women.

To the editor:
Life has been good to me. I am energetic, and thinking about going into business. A beautiful, level 800 acre farm was for sale. There is always a need for lumber, oak, pine, walnut. The farm was purchased, tilled and sown with seeds. Knowing it would take several months to grow and mature. I had confidence in the outcome.