Jim Smith
Bring home our troops
Last April, I wrote about vacationing in Cedar Key and indulging in one of my favorite pastimes while away from home — reading the local ...
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Keeping the fire from going out
Some years ago, NBC news anchor David Brinkley appeared on the Johnny Carson late night show to discuss the then current political candidates in the ...
by Jim Smith, Saturday, October 8, 2011 12:08 am
Jim Smith
Good readers go on forever
When I heard of the death of Melvin Nussbaum, it was quite a shock. Even though he was 96, I thought he would go on ...
by Jim Smith, Friday, September 23, 2011 6:05 pm
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The 2nd debate only brought more mediocrity
There has been a second debate, Monday night in Tampa, among the eight candidates who wish to become the Republican nominee for president of the ...
by Jim Smith, Friday, September 16, 2011 6:38 pm
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Current GOP candidates need to shed ‘mediocrity’ label
The current crop of Republican candidates, one of which may become the next president of the United States, brings to mind the word “mediocrity.” Until ...
by Jim Smith, Friday, September 9, 2011 5:17 pm
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Some Supreme Court cases were truly landmarks
Today, class, some history lessons in American government, a quiz on landmark decisions by the Supreme Court — decisions which changed the course of the ...
by Jim Smith, Friday, September 2, 2011 6:20 pm
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This book is 1,000 evil pages into the past
At one time or another, many of us have had that “big book” we had big plans to read — someday when there was time. ...
by Jim Smith, Friday, August 26, 2011 6:35 pm
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Exercise can be that one thing that cures all ills
My youngest son says the cure for everything is exercise. Each time he visits a doctor with any kind of ailment, he says the doctor’s ...
by Jim Smith, Friday, August 12, 2011 7:33 pm
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Griffin biography reconstructs a ‘Southern way of life’
The Bainbridge Living magazine is now available in its usual outlets, and I was asked by former managing editor Carol Heard to contribute a book ...
by Jim Smith, Saturday, August 6, 2011 12:34 pm
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Playing ‘gotcha’ at local level
When you stand before a public elected board or committee, and denounce their policies, and demand retributions, resignations and investigations, its always a good practice ...