Sept. 17 is Constitution Day. It’s a great time to reread our Constitution and remember the freedoms we enjoy and the responsibilities of our political leaders.

As a person grows older, do they get more religious?

My 4-year anniversary over The Graham Star came and went without a single thread of recognition: no candle, no cake, not even an “attaboy.”

I recently wrote a column about a 1974 fire detail in Utah and meeting a Romanian shepherd (“Summer with a Shepherd,” Aug. 24).

An article written by Adrianna Rodriguez appeared on the front page of the Aug. 21 edition of USA Today, about sending kids back to school.

I spent most of the summer of 1974 on the Ashley National Forest in Utah, on a fire-prevention detail.

Labor Day became an official federal holiday in 1894. Since that time, communities across America have celebrated the sweat and hard work of people who have built our country.

The 1933 song “Stormy Weather” would certainly be a fitting one for Graham County this summer.

Many bemoan that the death of expertise will lead to destruction of democratic society – but is it possible an overemphasis on specialization will actually be our undoing?

During the past few years, Hoot Gibbs and I – along with Randy Collins – have been taking Graham County 4-H members and some parents on hikes.