Bell Ringers With Christmastime upon us again, a familiar sound, that of the Salvation Army bells, fills the air outside many stores in malls and also downtown. Old Corporal has volunteered to be among the bellringers this year, as with…
Musicmen Our area is poorer today, because in the last week we’ve lost two local musicians who brought worlds of pleasure to so many of us for many years: Harold Kinman and Don “Duck” Youngblood. Say “Madison, Indiana” and “music”…
Old Madisonians Several years ago I got what I thought was a good idea: Form a local club or organization to be called The Old Madisonians. I don’t know just what we would have done, had it actually been formed,…
Post Mortem After 21 long months of often maddening campaigning, we finally have a new president-elect in Barack Hussein Obama. Hopefully the tears of joy — and of disappointment, depending on your point of view — have all been shed…
SHORT AND SWEET The election will finally be held Tuesday (let’s pause to say in unison, “Thank God!”) As a poll worker, I’m not going to make any partisan statements here, because I agreed not to. But I think there’s…