http://www.theheraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_151131122.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_151131122.html Find your favorite Herald Bulletin columnists — news, sports and People and Places — by clicking on the blue bar above or one of the links below. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_308095225.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_308095225.html I got up last Sunday morning and watched one of those television news programs like “Meet the Press.” Or maybe it was C-Span’s coverage of a Democratic gathering to applaud committee passage of their 1,990-page health reform package. I don’t know. For what it was worth, I might well have been watching Howdy Doody. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_308093008.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_308093008.html As the quotable Yankee catcher-cum-manager Yogi Berra used to say, it’s déjà vu all over again.For the 40th time in less than a century, the New York Yankees are playing in the World Series. They are one win away from their 27th World Championship, continuing a tradition not only unmatched but unapproached in major league baseball history. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_306000409.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_306000409.html The Anderson area is what journalists sometimes refer to as a good news town. That’s not to say that the news is always good, but to say that there’s plenty of it. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_306000007.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_306000007.html For the last few years I have had the distinct opportunity to serve on a number of boards. The experience has been engaging and insightful. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304214336.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304214336.html Weeks have been spent in this space being sullen, venting spleen at evildoers.At last, some well-deserved lunacy. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304204553.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304204553.html Scared of health care reform.That is a phrase that I hear more frequently each week. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304200913.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304200913.html At one time, Columbus Avenue was the heart of Anderson’s factory district. During shift changes, the amount of traffic was unbelievable as some workers headed home and others reported to their place of gainful employment. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304200725.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304200725.html Max the shi-tzu and his human came into the shelter on Monday. The dog was prancing by the man’s side excited to be out for an adventure, the older gentleman who was his owner looked sad and ill. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304194208.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_304194208.html Life experience has taught us that history is often quoted but rarely remembered for its context. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_301090433.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_301090433.html Bill Gaither is a fan of the spontaneous. That’s what spawned dozens of Homecoming videos and a highly successful tour of gospel musicians. It is exemplified nearly every time they step on stage. The Alexandria native doesn’t hesitate to change carefully-rehearsed routines midstream if he feels the spirit leading. Sometimes it backfires, though. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:18:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_301091942.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_301091942.html It was all over the news last week. Closed-circuit TV, news outlets and the Internet showed a robber holding a gun on a worker at an Indianapolis cash advance store. We see him and his intended victim hugging each other. He falls to his knees, face to the floor, begging the worker’s forgiveness, and crying and praying to God. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:58:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_299085704.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_299085704.html As Halloween hovers on the horizon, the most frightening prospect for some adults has nothing to do with ghosts or goblins. Rather, it’s their scary lack of preparation when it comes to retirement planning. We suggest a new activity: fleshing-out your financial skeleton. Here are the rules: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_299004751.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_299004751.html Last week I had the privilege of speaking to a Kiwanis Club in Anderson and, as usual, encountered dedicated readers of The Herald Bulletin.One gentleman at the Kiwanis echoed a familiar sentiment of readers I meet: How could anyone hope to stay informed about what’s going on locally without reading the newspaper — or the online version of it — every day? Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_297235439.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/columns/local_story_297235439.html s ago, David Letterman, heading off a legal quagmire, confessed that he’d had sex with women who worked for him.