Today's Opinions

Every time I listen to the parents of the children who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, I am profoundly sad. I have three boys and the grief and pain that a parent feels when their child is taken is hard to fathom. I can only imagine the magnitude of their grief.

If you own a dog, be responsible and clean up after it.

If you are the head of an organization that deals with the public, stop and think a moment before using the platform that position provides you to attack other groups as an outlet for your frustration.

Those are the two lessons that should be learned after the recent dust up between Nelson County Little League President Jason Floyd and local area animal rescue organizations and pet lovers.

Rarely has the White House briefing room so resembled the main ballroom at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

After news broke of a sweeping Justice Department subpoena of The Associated Press telephone records, White House press secretary Jay Carney didn’t so much have to deal with querulous reporters pressing him on all fronts. He had to deal with citizens bristling with anger over perceived encroachments on their rights by an overweening government.