Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
I have always enjoyed studying literature. Picking up a book I have not read before and getting lost in a world foreign to me is one of the most pleas...
Scot Beard
COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion, Scot Beard
by Scot Beard
January 5, 2011
I have always enjoyed studying literature. Picking up a book I have not read before and getting lost in a world foreign to me is one of the most pleas...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Scot Beard
December 29, 2010
When I was in middle school I thought anybody over the age of 30 was old — having turned 30 earlier this year, I have changed my opinion. While I have...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Scot Beard
December 22, 2010
It amazes me sometimes what people respond to when I write my columns. Some columns I write to address what I feel are important social and political ...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Scot Beard
December 15, 2010
Every so often I hear a news story that makes me question the sanity of some people in our country. Tuesday morning as I rolled out of bed and turned ...
COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion, Scot Beard
by Scot Beard
December 8, 2010
Sunday night I returned home from doing a little grocery shopping and smelled wood burning. I looked around the neighborhood and noticed a chimney wit...
Columnists, Opinion, Scot Beard
by Scot Beard
December 8, 2010
Sunday night I returned home from doing a little grocery shopping and smelled wood burning. I looked around the neighborhood and noticed a chimney wit...
COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion, Scot Beard
by Scot Beard
December 1, 2010
I had a revelation Tuesday while listening to my car radio as the morning show hosts read a list of the Top 10 Stupidest Holiday Gifts. The revelation...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Scot Beard
November 24, 2010
When I got home Monday night my wife, Erin, was upset, shocked and not at all happy about the events that transpired before I got to the house. There ...
COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion, Scot Beard
by Scot Beard
November 17, 2010
A few weeks ago my mother-in-law told my wife we needed to get our Christmas lists to her soon. My wife relayed the message to me and I cringed — I ha...
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