×

Opinion

On the Porch

Local Columns

The following excerpt is from a bound book, “I Remember: Decade by Decade” by World War I veteran and one-time editor of the Marshall Messenger, Wilbur Peterson. Peterson was born in Marshall in 1898 and passed away in Nevada in 1988. Peterson also published his stories and letters from his ...

So it’s been a few years….

Local Columns

It’s been more than six years since I’ve written a column. Let’s see if I remember how to write one. So let’s recap what has happened since then. We’ve been through a pandemic. I dealt with some tachycardia issues, fractured my fifth metatarsal in 2021, learned I had cataracts and ...

How do you feel about your better half?

Community Voices

When we meet, date, fall in love, and finally marry the person of our dreams, the relationship evolves over time. Feelings ebb and flow, and are modified over time by experience. Feelings are very personal emotional states that vary in intensity and have been known to overwhelm thinking, ...

Do I really care

Local Columns

I wish there was a dollar in my pocket for every time I asked myself the question: “Do I really care?” I'm quite sure you have asked yourself the same question on your journey through life. Do I really care if I graduate from high school or college? What's in it for me to vote — it's ...

Moonshot memories

Community Voices

The success of the recent Artemis moon mission has caused many Americans to feel uplifted and inspired. Uplifted because we could all imagine leaving Earth and its countless botherations — especially the Kardashians — behind. Inspired that four brave souls managed to accrue nearly ...

Tooling up

Local Columns

Artificial Intelligence has quickly become the latest digital implement to make life easier. From doing document review and summarization, to crafting entire programs out of thin air, even a luddite such as myself has found countless benefits from the simple commands given to this Google on ...