Today's Opinions

   Most people who are in their mid to upper 60s have planned for retirement for some time. Individuals who did not and who put all of their faith into social security or even pensions being their post-employment salvation may have turned to other investments to create a sizeable retirement nest egg. Now that they’re thinking of saying good-bye to work, people are finding that nest egg has diminished thanks to the failing economy and plummeting stock market.

In today’s edition you will find a tabloid insert presented by the New Albany Gazette to readers all over the City of New Albany with the intention of introducing potential voters to the candidates. It is entirely possible that many of our readers would have asked different questions based of completely different subjects, but the manner, the tone and the attitude you will perceive from the answers given will tell as much about the candidate as the answers themselves.

     Just when Americans find themselves drawn to news reports from a contentious presidential election and deflating economic challenges, new research from the National Newspaper Association (NNA) again demonstrates that Main Street America relies upon community newspapers to inform and empower citizens from coast to coast. In a follow-up to its landmark 2005 research and 2007 update, NNA finds that 86 percent of adults read a local community newspaper each week, which compares with 83 percent in 2007 and 81 percent in 2005.