A jewel in our own front yard

There are many definitions for artificial intelligence, or A.I. I would say it is a takeover of our thinking patterns. We are becoming lazier as each generation comes and goes. So we let a robot or machine think and work for us. I would like to say unequivocally modern science now would like…

Capital punishment is occurring on Airport Road. No, not at our women’s prison, but at our new $3.4 million county animal shelter, where adoptable pets are being executed via lethal injection at a rate that allows little more than half to make it out alive.

Responding to the white supremacist shooting in El Paso, Dwayne Johnson tweeted “What leader will step up to command wiser/effective talks?” The Rock has lost faith in Trump.

What two six-letter words are used most frequently by print and TV media when reporting political news? If you have been paying attention, you might answer racist and racism, and be correct. You would also be right if you heard them from Democrat sources. CNN and MSNBC reportedly used these …

Our political arena has become a circus and travesty to the citizens of the USA. Trump appears to care about this country, yet the liberals and the squad bash every move he makes, trying to bring socialism here.

I have limbs lying in front of my yard that have been there for a full three weeks. I have called CPW twice and they are still there. We had a bad storm three weeks ago and a big pile of limbs that was in front of my neighbor's house was blown down in front of my driveway. I have to run over…

It’s a crime how tax money spent

Trump's behavior at the latest North Carolina rally, while not surprising, was juvenile and hateful.

Not trying to offend anyone or cause any hard feelings, but I just want to point out a fact that is baffling to me.

Index-Journal readers are accustomed to seeing the political cartoons in their paper that for the most part represent both sides of the political aisle. But as I read the paper June 29 and turned to the Viewpoints section, I saw one of those cartoons that was shocking to me. It showed Presid…

Stretching the truth is an understatement today. We know truth is being withheld in many avenues of our government, law enforcement and even the clergy. Greed and selfishness might be the prime factors. It is sad to see our nation succumb to this low degree.

To begin with, I don't claim to be very intelligent. I only have a high school education. I have lived to be 66 years old and since I was a child, I have seen modern get worse instead of better.

Greenwood can solve its violence problem

Says law enforcement not doing its job

I am usually skeptical when it comes to any economic impact numbers produced by local or governmental agencies because they appear to be heavily inflated. The impact numbers for the Festival of Discovery are a perfect example of that inflation. The BBQ and Blues long weekend certainly brings…

This is in response to the guest column “Greenwood, it’s time to talk about cats” by Chris Wilson in the June 19 edition.