So I sent this essay to the Denton Record Chronicle (link) all the time thinking they would never publish it, but they surprised me. It’s about kids rioting in one of our high schools, while the rest took pictures, made videos (Link to Video #!) and cheered them on. What kind of people are these? […]
Not everything has to be serious. Every now and then it’s good to go “light.” You ever watch a movie that you liked and liked even more because you could tell the actors enjoyed their work? I think one can tell. Well, here is something that I hope everyone can tell I enjoyed writing. Here […]
Here in Texas the gun debate rages on and while it doesn’t show any signs of amounting to anything other than the same old, same old, it’s good to revisit the topic from time to time and find out what’s going on ‒ if nothing else just to remind ourselves and stay current. I found […]
Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants accused of being part of a gang of bandits who murdered two guards during a payroll robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts on April 15, 1920. Nicola Sacco (1891-1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927) were anarchists devoted to the overthrow of not just the United States government but all other forms […]
Here is a letter I sent the newspapers a few weeks ago and it didn’t get published. Maybe I was a little too hard on the guy, who knows. Still, I stand my ground and I’m not taking anything back. I think that when you write, especially if you profess to call yourself a columnist, […]
Another article by my friend Jim Baird. This one is worth reading for many reasons, fun being just one. Then again, it’s also informative and educational, for those trying to improve your writing skills, a good example of something to shoot for. In my humble opinion, any one of these ‒ entertain, educate, inform ‒ […]
Here is a letter from a friend that I’m using as an example of how good writing can be just plain fun, in and of itself. The letter is actually a tour de force, as far as writing goes — certainly not what most people can achieve without first having both a mountain of learning […]
All this talk about global warming, gun control and balanced budgets got me going. No excuse, sometimes it happens and my keyboard pays the price. If you think that lighting candles, condolences and prayer vigils will get rid of guns, think again. Like it or not, people don’t want to get rid of guns, or […]
Every now and then you learn something that stays with you. Finding a glacial erratic for the first time was that way for me and I never forgot it. The setting, the loneliness of the place, the noise made by the wind, the nothingness all around it, the mountains in the background. The funny thing […]
A scam is a scam . . . At home, we get three or more calls a day asking or money. We don’t deserve the attention and I’m tired of it. The more so when you find out how the money is used. I could tell you stories about the Red Cross, only this is […]