Last Tuesday, in the political equivalent of a cult fad, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama called on us to start a national dialogue on race. This call has been criticized heavily already, but I'm going to rip on it for something nobody's paid a lot of attention to yet.
As someone who normally chooses his words correctly, maybe I misspoke last week when I called Sen. Barack Obama a communist. It is very possible that he could have gone to church for 20 years and not believed a single thing that came out of the preacher's mouth.
McElroy parking To the editor, Oh the irony that on the same day an article is published about gangs in our sweet little old Oxford, we witness one of the most blatant wastes of tax payer's money: three OPD officers ticketing soccer moms and dads who were forced to use the sides of McElroy Drive due to the popularity of the youth soccer teams.
Gang recognition has surfaced in the Oxford community. According to a front-page story from The Oxford Eagle, there are 20 documented gang members in local Oxford schools. This is a national problem that has been going on for too long, and it's time for a permanent solution.
