Today's Opinions

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I wandered away from my desk in the newsroom where I was working, likely looking for something to eat or caffeine to jump-start my day.

On the way back, uneager to get the morning’s work started, I strolled through the front office and stopped to chat near the front door. Above the main desk, a television was showing live images of a smoking high-rise in New York.

“A plane hit one of the towers,” the receptionist told me.

As kids, we learned discipline from our parents. Later in life, we apply principles of discipline to our personal and professional lives.

A common thread of sensibility and consistency runs through each of my following true stories about discipline. Practical solutions encourage the application of proven principles to solve today’s behavior problems.

At home during 1945

“If you two don’t settle down out there, I’m coming with the belt!” Dad shouted at us through the open window from his and Mom’s bedroom.

To the editor: Recently, after going to Brunswick County Animal Services twice, I was happy to find my lost puppy “Buddy.”

Shelter workers do a great job of taking care of lost and found pets. They need people to go out there in person and look for their pets.

Describing them on the phone and actually seeing them are two different things. One person’s description of his or her pet may be opposite of what another person sees.