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Today's Opinions

  • Saying goodbye to 2007

    This is the paper's last edition of the year, and in a few days we will march uncertainly, but hopefully, into 2008. Some reflections on the year almost past would seem to be in order.

    • First, I'd like to offer some thanks to the Bulletin itself. One, for continuing to allow me the privilege of writing this column. Two, for the October publication of "Bedford's Journey: Then and Now." This historical supplement was very well done, and is a tribute to everyone who worked on it.

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  • Republicans can rise again

    Christmas is over and Congress will soon reconvene. Senator Larry Craig will be back in Washington and airport men's rooms will once again be safe.

    Craig, and another Senator, Mitch McConnell, represent serious problems that the Republican Party has. It was more than the Iraq War that caused Republicans to lose control of both houses of Congress in 2006.

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  • Sharing the fresh air

    Fresh air isn't just available in the summer.

    The Winn family of Goode is hosting their Fresh Air child for the holidays, and even taking him to Florida for the UVA/Texas Tech game on Jan. 1.

    This was a friendship hatched last summer.

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  • Financial realities have the school system and board thinking outside the box

    During a work session earlier this month, members of the Bedford County School Board, and the administration, showed some positive signs of thinking "outside of the box."

    As has been said previously, funding is tight and isn't likely to change anytime soon. The Bedford County Board of Supervisors have set a debt limit for new school capital projects at $8 million, and that isn't likely to change significantly.

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  • Letters

    About the Fair Tax

    A reader of the Bedford Bulletin, and a member of our Roanoke Area FairTax group (RAFT), made me aware of John Barnhart's column in the Dec. 14 issue.

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  • Protecting our children

    It has become almost commonplace to turn on the evening news or visit an online news source and see the headlines detailing the latest recall of lead-contaminated products, mostly toys, from China. In 2007 alone, we have had around 77 toy recalls, involving more than 20 million toys. While this represents a very small percentage of the total number of toys sold in the United States, our children deserve better.

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  • Agreement with Mexico could cost Social Security billions

    For several years, I have been warning about the potential for disaster if the United States finalizes the totalization agreement with Mexico.

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  • Gov. Romney, you're no JFK

    As the generally unimpressive field of Republican presidential candidates continues to slug it out for the party's nomination, one person in particular has had to repeatedly soothe feelings about something that's an obsession with too many Republicans: religion.

    Even without a Mormon, Mitt Romney, in the race, religion would still be a major topic in a party dominated - "controlled" might even be a better word - by the religious right. It's been well documented that Romney's attempt to win the support of this bloc has been frustrating.

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