Clay County Democrat: Opinion

Solar egg frying (08/03/10)
It's hot enough to fry an egg on a sidewalk. For sure, it's hot out there. Several summers ago, at high noon, I did try frying an egg outside. I found a piece of discarded metal, laid it on a concrete walkway, and proceeded to fry an egg. I cracked the egg and it slid out onto the metal "skillet."...

His name was Uncle Red (06/22/10)
It was only after his death the family learned that Uncle Red had been awarded two Bronze Stars for heroic achievement during World War 11. It was a period of his life he didn't talk about. We do know that when he entered the war, his hair was red and bushy, but when he returned home four years later, it was thin and prematurely gray...

Sweet June is a "Hottie" (06/22/10)
She tripped lightly during her introduction of hot and humid days we cannot blame on March or May. Generally, we have been accustomed to a rather more dignified attitude as she gently registers each of her days at sunset. Instead, she has, of late, turned the sweet farewell of May into the intolerable temperatures approaching the "100" mark even before the Equinox. ...

Moderation seems to be an ugly word (06/22/10)
"The best lack all conviction," the poet Yeats wrote in 1919, "while the worst are full of passionate intensity." That thought was shared almost 100 years ago, but the essential truth, of course, has not changed. We live in a world today in which the "true believers" are on the march, especially in the area of politics and social discourse...