by Rob Sellers | May 26, 2020 | Opinion
Superheroes sometimes congregate in my house. I realized this a few years ago when our grandsons would visit. The 8-year-old would run around protecting us from danger in his Captain America costume, mask and shield. I would kiss the 5-year-old goodnight when he...
by Charles McGathy | Aug 27, 2018 | Opinion
I can’t recall that the late John McCain ever referred to himself as a hero or as the best, smartest or only person who can “make America great.” That wasn’t his style. He openly admitted, “I’ve made a lot of mistakes.” But, in my opinion, honesty alone does not make...
by Phillip Larsen | Oct 28, 2013 | Opinion
I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2006, so I was fortunate enough to see Adrian Peterson burst onto the scene. I remember watching Peterson’s first collegiate game against the mighty Bowling Green State University Falcons, standing (because you...
by Randy Hyde | Jan 31, 2013 | Opinion
Very few, if any, of my boyhood heroes were of the religious variety. Everybody I knew held tremendous affection for Billy Graham. But what I noticed about the famed evangelist was his story of the time when, as a boy, he shook hands with Babe Ruth. He said he...
by Colin Harris | Jan 21, 2013 | Opinion
The commemorative holidays that we celebrate this month and next invite us to remember the contributions of national heroes whose lives represent the values we aspire to as a people. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. are icons in our...
