For the life of me, I do not understand in any logical way how Democrats think. Their last almost four years has been fraught with unmeasurable harm to our country.

I’ve noticed a lot of folks complain about their mail being delivered late and other poor customer service.

The grocery store project on Cloverdale — are you wondering why the developer pulled out?

George Stephanopoulos gets a lot of media attention but is a threat to our American democracy.

Jesus said “and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” (Gospel of Mark 3:25).

Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in the elections and the hobbled remaining checks and balances require all of us to be more engaged than ever before in protecting our health and environment among other priorities.

Maybe once we were a great country and everyone knew, the entire world knew.

So many thoughts:

Although Joe Biden has been president, it is Barrack Obama who has been operating our government behind the president.

Wake up: All states and landmarks represent history of some kind. Anyone who wants U.S. history to be taken down is not a true American.

All you Pro-lifers out there, you are aware enough to understand why the rich folk want a complete abortion ban? They’ve calculated how many worker ants they will need in 16 years and who will flip their burgers if you don’t have any workers?

As of June this year, the cost of our debt is $868 billion. This is our fourth largest expense, surpassed by only Social Security, Medicare and the Defense Department. Our defense budget is also larger than that of the next nine countries combined.

AARP says that by 2030 one in five Americans will be 65 or older.

Recently, pagers and walkies exploded in a 20-year-long game to help eliminate operatives that were considered enemies. Now we are being flooded with autonomous features, self-driving, breaking, and such.

To the Lauderdale County Road Department:

I am appalled and disgusted that Donald Trump used an appearance at Arlington National Cemetary as a campaign event — and that is what it was no matter how he tried to spin it.

Do you like rock ‘n’ roll? Do you feel it in your very soul?

Southerners die younger than other Americans. We know the reasons:

There’s been many people screaming to put religion back in government (it has never been allowed at any time in our constitution) and in our public schools.

On Sept. 6, Lauderdale County High School will honor and remember the 50th anniversary of the 1974 LCHS Tigers 2A state football championship.

As of June this year, it costs $868 billion to maintain our debt, or 17% of the total federal spending.

Open letter to Gov. Kay Ivey,

I appreciated the coverage of teachers’ well-being (in “Speaker tells teachers: Prioritize your happiness”) and commend the speaker, Kim Strobel, for her concern. However, I fear her message may be incomplete and could unintentionally cause harm.

Folks complain about the cost of gasoline.

Diversity. Not a big word, but would you have known that in a world where there was no diversity? I doubt it. You’d probably be still writing on rocks, thumbing your nose at the science.

Attended the summer luncheon July 17 for ILR (Institute for Learning in Retirement) at UNA east campus. This is the beginning for “kickoff” in mid September of the ILR fall semester. Actual sessions are mid September to mid November.

I am so disappointed. The most effective president of my lifetime has been forced to bow out of the presidential race because of one bad debate against the most flawed Republican candidate in American history.

As the center and foundation of the Shoals, it’s time for some innovative thinking for Sheffield.

TV coverage of the Republican National Convention offered our first view of Donald Trump, post assassin’s deadly event of July 13. To the credit of the vast majority of politicians, pundits, strategists, and the media, they have featured the raised fist and “fight” evidence of Trump’s determ…

Downtown developers need to put a little more thought and money into their designs.

Most want the Tennessee River to be clean and free of harmful chemicals — and the air at the same. We depend on the EPA, ADEM and other government entities to monitor industries in the region.

I have been noticing how many of us have become walking billboards for brands. You pay more for such things.

I have recently enjoyed the benefit of an exterior view of our Alabamian motorists and their general driving behavior by a road trip to New Hampshire. It is not more reprehensible than that of motorists in other states I visited on the way but is nonetheless worthy of some comment.

Let us discuss just one topic — illegal immigration.

Several years ago, Shoals ATV Riders had a special place to ride and raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We all enjoyed fellowship and, most of all, the collection of donations for St. Jude.

President Ronald Reagan made the following remarks on June 6, 1984, at a ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day, which was the turning point to liberate Europe and lead to a victory in World War II:

There’s legislation trying to pass on medicinal and recreational cannabis.

Trump Republicans are promising if elected to fundamentally transform the United States government. A key focus will be dismantling the public school system and funneling education funds into charter and private schools.

Well, Tommy Tuberville, it’s time for some tough love.

The Race Amity Coalition of the Shoals would like to publicly and most sincerely thank the following mayors of the cities that comprise the Shoals in Alabama for unitedly proclaiming June 9 as Race Amity Day in the Shoals.

Check out the Public Prayer Garden (at the) top of Spruce Pine Mountain, based on the book by Terry Long book “100 Days at the Cross.”

So, the Alabama Legislature has decided that we the people do not need or want our educational system to rise above 50th in the entire nation.

Dear city council members:

This month, we again witnessed destructive forces of nature fueled by climate change. Dangerous storms and flooding in the heart of oil country symbolize the link between fossil fuel emissions and global warming.

Great kudos to Ms. Jennifer Buckner, English teacher and assistant cross country coach at Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, for her leadership in guiding students through the process of intensively learning about the Holocaust and creating an educational and emotion-stirring Holocaust displa…

Let’s all read the 20th chapter of Leviticus, especially of the 13th verse.

Sheffield needs to rethink the decision to terminate Project Meal Barrel’s lease.