Opinion

Blessed but distracted By: Jane Rutter The text alert on my phone is dinging, I hear the TV in the family room and a Jeep without a muffler is roaring

Ask Rusty – Must I Pay Income Tax on Social Security Benefits? Dear Rusty: I do not recall the rules on my income tax obligation for Social Security benefits. Can

By: Travis Naughton I began writing for the Boone County Journal in the summer of 2011. By my estimation, I’ve had over 500 original submissions published in the newspaper in

Ask Rusty – Will My Husband’s Benefits Continue After He Dies? Dear Rusty: My husband is 65 and I am 55. He has recently been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

By: Frank Burkett How could a country like ours go from energy independence to scrounging and begging some of our foes for oil, in less than two years? When Barrack

Ask Rusty – Will Paying the IRS Quarterly Increase My Social Security? Dear Rusty: I waited to sign up for Social Security until I turned 70 last month so I

By: Travis Naughton Former Boone County Journal publisher Bruce Wallace, a good friend of mine, just called a minute ago to catch up and to make sure I’m doing okay.

By: Frank Burkett I listened to President Biden speaking this Tuesday morning, and he sounded truly like a Republican candidate campaigning for any high office in our Country. His many

By: Dr. Glenn Mollette We’ve all heard of people who have taken their lives by suicide. We typically wonder why? We wonder what was so bad about their lives that

By: Frank Burkett Another blunder, by the worst of the incompetent personnel at the White House, Joe Biden. Joe, who appointed Alejandro Mayorkus as Homeland Security Secretary, now has found