There is no judgment from me when it comes to playing video games. We have our duties and responsibilities and then we want to escape mentally. For many, video games are the ticket into a different headspace with fun and less stress. Everybody searches for their own escapes. And video games …

I’m not a fan of Black Friday, that purchasing chaos that officially launches in the wee hours Friday morning with the inevitable, subsequent headlines of crazy shoppers somewhere pushing, punching and pepper spraying their way to electronic-bargain nirvana. No, I like this Thursday instead,…

Many issues are simply snoozers for most people until they’re personally affected. I see organ donation as that type of matter. It’s easy not to think about this until we’re in need or someone we love is in a desperate spot.

Dear Editor: I have something important to say to every one living in Madison County and the surrounding area.

Dear Editor: Instead of going to the mat to protect health and safety, Frank Ginn and John Scarborough are offering tours of the Georgia Renewable Power plant. They sound more like paid spokesmen for GRP than public servants.

Dear Editor: Thank you for the informative article about our Madison County coroner, Coach Julie Harrison, and the services her office provides to our community. I have had to use their services several times for unusual situations and found Coach Harrison and Gerald Kemp (her deputy assista…

Dear Editor: I have seen many articles and opinions in The Journal about the biomass power plant. I join with the people throughout Madison County who oppose the burning of railroad ties at the Georgia Renewable Power (GRP) facility.

Dear Editor: I need to correct something that went into the letter from Dave Ramsey, Wendy Meehan and myself that appeared in the Oct. 31 issue of The Journal. The error was my fault. The letter stated that the EPA stopped prohibiting the burning of railroad ties in power plants after the re…

“Dang.” That’s about all I could muster as I watched a two-hour Frontline special on the “promise and perils of artificial intelligence (AI).”

There really is no place like home. Home is familiarity and support among loved ones. It is the place where ideally one can totally be him or herself and be comfortable. For children who are placed in foster care, even though they have been removed from an unsafe situation, they were still r…

November is the month of lengthening darkness, falling leaves, dank drizzles and cold blustery northeast winds. It’s the beginning of what I think of as the shadow time.

It's time once again for that ever-so-humbling venture into the next-to-impossible: forecasting what sort of weather the coming winter will bring.

Dear Editor: I just read the article about the Franklin residents attending the Madison meeting on Georgia Renewable Power, and I was deeply disturbed by some of the flippant and condescending comments made by officials from Madison County.

Dear Editor: I live in District 2 on Hwy. 172, 1.5 miles north of the new Georgia Renewable Power (GRP) Biomass Plant. I drive by the plant frequently and have been watching the installation process since it began. I admit that I wasn’t overly concerned at first, but my own personal observat…

Dear Editor: The Madison County biomass power plant in Colbert must be required to cease the burning of creosote treated crossties.

Dear Editor: With this letter the Madison County Democratic Committee goes on record opposing the burning of railroad ties at the Biomass Plant in Colbert.

Dear Editor: I live on Hwy. 172 about 1.5 miles from the Georgia Renewable Power (GRP) Biomass Plant. I thought I would wait for the plant to be fully operational before assessing exactly what the impact on my life would be. The time to wait and see is over.

Dear Editor: We are three health and biophysical medicine scientists living in Madison County. Our lifetime of training and practice, and our concern for our fellow citizens prompts us to write this letter. The Madison County biomass power plant must not burn creosote-treated railroad cross …

I’m behind in page production and it’s Tuesday morning, crunch time for me. I’ve procrastinated on writing a column. So, I’m going to riff as fast as I can on something that interests me simply to fill this space. Join or don’t. I’m warning you, I’m gonna’ sound heavy handed. I just know it.

Dear Editor: I have a farm in Madison County near the “power plant.” Upon learning about the plant, I was excited that waste from timber operations and other clean wood could be used for energy recovery. Having dealt with highly acidic soil like many in the south, I was also excited that the…

Dear Editor: I was denied a burn permit by this county to burn cardboard moving boxes because the printing on the boxes might be toxic if burned and entered into the air. People around could be impacted negatively. So I had to break them all down with my arthritic hands, load them up, transp…

Dear Editor: If John Scarborough and Frank Ginn were forced to live downwind of the power plant, they might change their tune. But they are bureaucrats who clearly don't care about the people whose health and property values are suffering.

Fall temperatures have finally arrived and with them come a peace of mind which only happens this time of the year.

Dear Editor: I hope Mr. David Groves and Georgia Renewable Power at both the Colbert plant and the Carnesville plant will seriously consider how changing the permit for burning creosote railroad ties negatively affects public health and the perception of the lack of transparency demonstrated…

We need electricity to live. You wouldn’t be reading this right now if we didn’t have it. I couldn’t transmit this in print or on a screen without it.

Much like last year, 2019 featured a wet summer that saved its greatest heat for late summer and early fall.

Dear Editor: It is past time that we who are Christians awake and come together by faith to take positive, deliberate action so that we, our families, the church and our nation may be delivered from the strife that has enveloped our land. The deliverance we need can only come from God and wi…

Dear Editor: The Madison Area Resource Team (MART)/ Family Connection would like to thank all those who contributed or assisted in any way to help make this year’s Back to School Supply Drive and Rally a big success, including: Action, Inc., Amerigroup, Anchor Bible Church, Julie Buffalo, Ca…

I had a couple of good friends, Shirley and Virginia, and I spent a lot of time with those gals in days gone by.

Dear Editor: A sincere thank you to the many people who helped make the Oct. 5, T.J. & Friends Car Show and Raffle in Danielsville a success.

Dear Editor: This letter is in response to an article by Margie Richards on Sept. 26. Normally, I do not read a lot of “feel-good” articles. Maybe I should start.

Dear Editor: The Madison County Library recently partnered with the Madison County School System to host Madison County Schools Family Night at the library Thursday, Sept. 19.