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Today's Opinions

  • Reflections: A vacation to remember

    It's good to be back home again but now I need another vacation. I'm tired -- You know what I mean, right? A good vacation takes a lot of work.

    When you return you have to unpack, too. After all there's two weeks worth of dirty laundry in your suitcases. Then there's all that mail waiting for you - mostly bills to pay. Oh, there's just so much to do. In my case I returned just in time to go back to work. Yuck! That other stuff is just going to have to wait.

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  • Reflection: The future wave of fuel efficient cars

    With the advent of high fuel prices, vehicles are bound to change in

    America. Obviously the cars of the very near future will be smaller and more fuel efficient.

    Unfortunately, the American Government in its wisdom has made it nearly impossible to manufacture a small car such as what we saw in the late 1970's. The Honda CVCC for instance, a motorcycle with four wheels and a body, is no longer legal to operate on public highways now. Why is that you might ask?

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  • True Faith: Citizenship in God's kingdom free to all

    One Fall Quarter, an Electrical Engineering professor casually mentioned in his introductory remarks to the students taking his Microelectronic Circuits course that if they simply attended every class and completed all assignments, they would receive at least a grade of C for the course. He also provided this information to the students in written form in his instructions for the course. The lab project and the final exam would give opportunities for those aspiring for an A.

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  • Trouble in Cedar Key: To Fernandina and back

    It has been a while since Anne and I took a field trip together. So this weekend past, we drove to Fernandina for a couple overnights. Monday we returned to the Cedar Keys. We used the back routes roughly paralleling the right of way of the old Yulee Cross Florida Railway.

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  • Fishing Lines: Report cards -- Good marks overall; Kings held back

    Since it is the middle of the year it is time for mid-term progress reports.

    Trout: The trout bite experienced a slow start but then really got going good. Limits of slot trout (15-20 inches) have been common. April was the best month as usual and gave anglers an abundance of oversized over-the-slot fish. Excellent trout action continued right through June. July and august will be much tougher to find keeper fish as water temperatures soar. The trout get an A this semester in spite of a slow beginning.

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  • Reflections: The future wave of fuel efficient cars

    With the advent of high fuel prices, vehicles are bound to change in America. Obviously the cars of the very near future will be smaller and more fuel efficient.

    Unfortunately, the American Government in its wisdom has made it nearly impossible to manufacture a small car such as what we saw in the late 1970s. The Honda CR for instance, a motorcycle with four wheels and a body, is illegal to operate on public highways now. Why is that you might ask?

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  • Trouble in Cedar Key: Independence Day

    "When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary..." The Declaration of Independence was published in early July, seventeen hundred and seventy-six. That document listed the reasons the forefathers of the United States found it necessary to separate the original colonies from Great Britain. The grievances were many and critical, aimed primarily at King George, reigning monarch of Great Britain.

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  • Fishing Lines: California Dreamin' of Cedar Key tarpon

    Last week I had a simple request. Three guys from California want to come to Cedar Key to catch a tarpon. They had plenty of experience with blue water fish and had already caught sailfish, marlin, tuna and swordfish, but tarpon was still on their "to do" list. The timing was perfect as the full moon was on its way and the tides were stronger than normal.

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