OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

Getting a call to go stand out in a muddy, vacant lot alongside U.S. 401 is not common, especially when it's a couple of days before Thanksgiving -- and when no one is willing to say why you need to be there.
But Carey Johnson and I are game for the unusual -- and neither of us would have missed this challenge for the world -- although we had our reservations.

The filing period for what is known as the 2020 Presidential Election began in earnest on Monday, with a relative flurry of folks filing for races, ranging from lieutenant governor to the Franklin County Register of Deeds -- and slots in between.
Already, there are three Republican candidates and 15 -- yes, 15 -- Democratic candidates vying to win their party's nomination this coming spring.

Dear editor: About the time you think "that this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard," there is someone that can top it. It seems that these people are coming out of the woodwork.