Jim Smith

Bring home our troops

Last April, I wrote about vacationing in Cedar Key and indulging in one of my favorite pastimes while ...

Jim Smith

Keeping the fire from going out

Some years ago, NBC news anchor David Brinkley appeared on the Johnny Carson late night show to discuss ...

Jim Smith

If fall is here, can Halloween be close?

Stick your head out the window or door this morning and see if the weatherman is correct. It’s ...

Jim Smith

Good readers go on forever

When I heard of the death of Melvin Nussbaum, it was quite a shock. Even though he was ...

Jim Smith

The 2nd debate only brought more mediocrity

There has been a second debate, Monday night in Tampa, among the eight candidates who wish to become ...

Jim Smith

Current GOP candidates need to shed ‘mediocrity’ label

The current crop of Republican candidates, one of which may become the next president of the United States, ...

Jim Smith

Some Supreme Court cases were truly landmarks

Today, class, some history lessons in American government, a quiz on landmark decisions by the Supreme Court — ...

Jim Smith

This book is 1,000 evil pages into the past

At one time or another, many of us have had that “big book” we had big plans to ...

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Exercise can be that one thing that cures all ills

My youngest son says the cure for everything is exercise. Each time he visits a doctor with any ...

Jim Smith

Griffin biography reconstructs a ‘Southern way of life’

The Bainbridge Living magazine is now available in its usual outlets, and I was asked by former managing ...

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