The Thing is…

Oh, the horror. As I write this column we’ve been four days without an internet connection. It’s the rain. Still, there are benefit’s to this periodic outage. I almost said “outrage” but the AT&T techs are always kind and patient with our frustration. Also, I’ve...

Is it Hillary Time?

Okay, we’ve tried victorious war generals. We’ve tried wealthy businessmen and representatives from the oil industry. My question is right out of the movie Fight Club; how’s that working out for us? None of our leaders have been perfect because perfection is something...

Money and Morality Make Strange Bedfellows

“I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich…The men who get rich maybe be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly…ninety eight out of one hundred of the rich men of America are honest. That is why they are rich....

I Pledge Allegiance to…

If you don’t count Sunday School, I attended my first classroom in Ringold, Oklahoma somewhere around 1951. It was a two room affair; my Primary class (the equivalent of Kindergarten, I guess) and all classes below High School met in the large room while all the Big...

Everyone Gets Needled From Time to Time

(This is a column that the local newspaper printed. The “debate” started when a local suggested that the high school mascot be changed from Redskins to something a less offensive.)   A co-worker once told me his biggest take-away from college was his...

It’s Getting Scary Out There

Getting out of the house was a breeze for eight year old J.R. His family’s large Victorian was packed with costumed partiers talking at a level three feet over his head. The werewolf preaching to the man in an Obama mask did pat J.R. on the head as he snuck by. Wonder...