Volunteering should not be a lost art       Recently in the Sentinel, there have been several articles asking for donations for various causes: an osteosarcoma patient, the Civil Air Patrol, Operation Support Our Troops, to name a few. With rising taxes and a state fiscal crisis, people say they barely have enough money to make ends meet, w... More ... Cartoon Read the Story... Father of the groom: 'I'm not responsible!' GREG BEAN Coda       Idon't mean to sound like I'm whining here, but I think I've led a pretty responsible life, and all that responsibility has turned me into a shadow of my former self (a larger shadow, if you're looking at the shadow of my waistline). More ... The tragedy is that Eliot could have bought a boat DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State       Apolitical discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. More ... Letting go of adult children is hard yet necessary part of life CLARE MARIE CELANO Girl Talk       While struggling to craft a phrase that would accurately depict my relationship with my grown children, I found what I was searching for in lines delivered via my TV screen. Messages often come from the most unlikely venues. More ...