From the Owner

Tempers flared last week, as Democrats sought to cast blame for the Republican landslide — I was particularly galled when a friend laid the blame on, “newspapers who are too chicken to …”

Hold it right there. Losing my cool was a regular occurrence 30 years ago, but it takes a lot to get my Irish at age 64.

Journalists, particularly the people in the newspaper business, are the most courageous people I know.

Yes, soldiers and cops are brave but in my industry we don’t carry guns, at least not yet.

When I started in this business, most of my colleagues shared one primary goal: to get to the tru...