We screwed up. Plain and simple. There was no malice behind it … just a lack of forethought, as all fellow humans are occasionally prone to. The entire staff of Polk County …
Two weeks ago, I asked readers of the printed and online editions to chime in on the school cell phone ban passed by the Texas Legislature. That measure is now law, as it has been signed by Gov. …
We used to institutionalize people like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Now we institutionalize their delusions. In a functioning society, someone who swims in bacteria-polluted creeks to make a political …
Readers, if I haven’t told you lately, you are appreciated. The percentage of people, in general, who read anything regularly to stay informed, is less now than ever. But it has always been the …
We are not anywhere near Kansas anymore. Nor are we in a capitalist system recognizable to anyone who has ever believed in open markets, fair competition, or the separation of business and state. …
I’m struggling here, folks, at how to approach a push from the state Legislature to continue meddling in school districts. By way of explanation, or if you haven’t sussed it out …
Two of music history’s most celebrated genuine geniuses died within the span of a couple of days recently. One had been out of the public eye for so long that many probably thought he’d …
There’s a great deal of ink spilled through the years about the friendship between Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill. The two-term Republican president and the Democratic …
There’s a great deal of ink spilled through the years about the friendship between Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill. The two-term Republican president and the Democratic …
We are not anywhere near Kansas anymore. Nor are we in a capitalist system recognizable to anyone who has ever believed in open markets, fair competition, or the separation of business and state. …
A warning to all three of you who read this stuff I write (probably two now, because the one guy who thinks I use Google to reference basic historical facts likely has tired of my scrawlings): what …
There is a point in the unraveling of a nation when the distance between law and lawlessness blurs until both are indistinguishable. That point has arrived in the United States. Its presence is …
The one thing governments do excessively well is legislate, and most of that is directed at solving a particular problem in a dramatic and supposedly final way. It’s kind of like your dad …
A lot of hay has been made as of late over the dropping approval of the job done by President Donald Trump during the first five months into his second term. Most outlets have reported a …
Somewhere along the way, I found that age has crept up on me. It wasn’t the creaking joints, or the excessively grey, yet excessively thinning, hair, or the need to keep myself parked in a …
What’s your name? Who’s your daddy? Is he rich like me? Has he taken Any time To show you what you need to live? (Tell it to me slowly) tell you why? …
The current fashionable thing among politicians and media outlets is to suddenly realize that for years, President Joe Biden was in a state of decline, both physically and mentally. What is sad …
When President Trump signed Executive Order 14297 earlier this year, dramatically titled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients”, it came with all …
A lot of hay has been made as of late over the dropping approval of the job done by President Donald Trump during the first five months into his second term. Most outlets have reported a …
