SUPERINTENDENT: Accountability requires the full picture

Editor’s Note: Kristina Brooks currently is in her second year as Baldwin County School District superintendent.Recent reporting on Baldwin County’s eighth-grade mathematics scores highlighted a difficult number: just 14.

A few thoughts on love – and loving well

A change of pace today. I am going to give politics and those who practice it the week off.They aren’t going anywhere and I am tired of them and their blather.Instead,let’s talk about love. Love?Yes, love.Dr.

The news that really matters

You are holding in your hands right now a very important, consequential, personal, and public documentation of the world you live in.For years, we have been told print is dying. The future, we have been assured, is digital, where news can move faster, reach farther, and cost less.

That cold, frosty morning

The year or the month have now slipped through my memory. It wasn’t many years ago, that I do remember.It was the time of winter when dawn creeps in with dull, gray light. Having long been frugal, I keep the temperature moderate during day, adding extra layers of clothing.

Okefenokee named ‘World Heritage Site;’ mining threat remains

Though somewhat old news as I write this; to those who fought the fight, it is extremely good news.Our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has officially been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The family’s farm

Patti has been a loyal friend of mine for 30 years.I can always count on her and I hope she feels the same about me.We both grew up in farm families about four miles from each other.Patti has lived the American dream.

On God and his tiny rock

Sometimes I start these conversations not knowing where they are going to end. This is one of those times. The subject today concerns current events, the universe and religion. Now, you can see why I don’t know where this is headed.

When a woman needs a gun

Our dear friend, Maxine, has had her share of woes.On the other hand, she has had sweet blessings.She is thinly built with delicate features, warm smiles, and trademark Southern woman kindness and courtesy.Maxine is stepping quietly, unnoticed by the angels as much as possible, through this world.

Politics with a mouthful of BBQ

Is there any way we can bridge the political, cultural, and social abyss in which we find ourselves today?

Don’t it make you wanna go home

Not long ago, I drove home, the back way, from running errands in town.It had been a few months since I had been down those roads. I was astounded.New construction boomed with a subdivision being dug through the angry, unyielding red dirt.