Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

A moment of courage showed us a man's soul

It's rare that a simple tweet triggers in me the desire to write a column.

On night three of the Republican National Convention last week, I had the great pleasure of watching Madison Cawthorne, a young paraplegic who is running for a house seat in North Carolina. At the very end of his short but moving address, this man – who is otherwise confined to a wheelchair – was helped out of that c...