Evidence of election fraud not examined

Dear Editor: I welcome the opportunity to respond to Monte Burger’s challenge to the validity of my previous article concerning Senators Sasse and Fischer violating their oath to defend and uphold the Constitution by voting to validate electors selected from several states by an egregious and...

Betterhalf irreplacable as new right-hand man

This column may be a little (or a lot shorter) than previous columns. I took a tumble this week and injured a shoulder, thus also affecting the use of the right arm and fingers. My computer keyboarding is now pretty slow with the limited use of my right hand fingers.

Anything but average

Aurora is “about average.” That’s not a sentence, or a sentiment, local residents are accustomed to reading or hearing, though it’s the general conclusion of a recent study focused on retail shopping trends.

Election fraud statistics useless without sources

Dear Editor: In response to the recent editorial from Irl Gilliland: Your letter to the editor of last week claimed voter fraud in several states in the Nov. 3, 2020 national election.

A 2020 ode to Big Red

The year 2020 was quite a time, and one best left far behind, it suffered in its health, its politics, and just being kind. But sports is the one constant, the one diversion to help get us through, to help take our minds off everything else, to take away the 8-5 blue.

Still all these years later, shopping lessons continue

It’s getting more difficult to conduct a routine of our daily life. This COVID-19 thing has kept us confined to the point we’ve viewed most of old GUNSMOKE TV programs and seems to have moved beyond to where we have now seen reruns of reruns. If that isn’t bad enough a new hurdle has surfaced.

Turning the page

America turned the page to a new chapter in its history last week, a political transition unlike any before it. A week after the changing of the guard, the temperature has been lowered considerably in Washington, which comes as welcome relief to a nation pushed dangerously close to the brink.

ANR column no place for politics

Dear Editor: While everyone is entitled to their opinion, I feel that someone who is paid to write a “community news” column for the paper should save their political opinions for the “opinion” section of the newspaper; that is what it is for.

Betterhalf gets first dibs on daily sports section

We don’t live in a normal household. Before you jump to conclusions, let’s us do a little explaining. The Betterhalf and I seem to have a race, which I generally lose. The race that I am referring to is the race to who gets to read the sports section of our daily state newspaper first.

Another Bama title

Alabama and Ohio State kick off in less than two hours so it’s time for me to get my game face on. Up until now I really haven’t paid much attention, but that’s okay, because these two teams have been here before. 5:23 pm: Urban Meyer explains man vs.