Opinion

Beal: Concert worth a whistle
By John Beal
January 27, 2010
If I could have whistled I would have done so Saturday night.
Beal: No big bandage? No fair!
By John Beal
January 20, 2010
Most people have come to terms with this truism before they rack up too many miles, so to speak, but it bears repeating: Sometimes life just isn’t fair.
Even fat, old men are welcome at gyms
By John Beal
January 13, 2010
Last summer, after listening for years to my doctor’s urgings to get some exercise and lose some weight, I started walking around my neighborhood.
Beal: Frigid temperatures force hibernation
By John Beal
January 6, 2010
Right about now, global warming doesn’t seem like such a bad deal after all.
Beal: Taking stock of 2009
By John Beal
December 30, 2009
With only a few days remaining in 2009, it seems an appropriate time to take stock.
Beal: Bringing out the kid in us
By John Beal
December 23, 2009
Precious few things in this life feel so right as having the grandchildren around at Christmastime.
Music awakens the Christmas spirit
By John Beal
December 16, 2009
Ever notice how, each year, the Christmas Spirit just sort of comes over you all at once?
Beal: Celluloid celebrations
By John Beal
December 9, 2009
Not that I’d want to anyway, but you almost can’t get away from the Christmas movies this time of year.
Beal: One man’s junk mail…
By John Beal
December 2, 2009
I’d rather not have to spend time deleting all the junk e-mail, but I don’t think I’d be willing to give up the few gems that show up amid all the dross.
Beal: Don’t forget our blessings
By John Beal
November 24, 2009
The point is, we get so frustrated with our problems and our challenges that we tend to forget our blessings.
Indoor perspective best for embracing the cold
By John Beal
November 18, 2009
It’s been so nice for so long, I guess we can be excused for being surprised when Old Man Winter finally blows his frigid breath down the backs of our necks.
Beal: Service to our nation
By John Beal
November 11, 2009
With Americans in more or less constant peril in Iraq and Afghanistan, certainly today is a good day to remember our veterans.
Moore to back health care reform package
U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore
November 5, 2009
I will be voting for this bill because it addresses the issues of affordability, fiscal responsibility, quality and choice.
Beal: With grandkids gone, it’s back to dieting
By John Beal
November 3, 2009
The vision of a new, slimmer me beckons, of no longer having to shop in the “big and tall” sections. Now, maybe if I eat just one or two bites of that cheesecake …
Beal: Roller-coaster experience a skin-sagging whirl
By John Beal
October 28, 2009
Ever since I started writing this column I’ve known that one week I’d find myself with nothing to say. So it was that last Saturday I found myself at Worlds of Fun, strapping myself into one of the theme park’s roller coasters.

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