I’m thinking that today might have some particular extra meaning, being as how it’s the first box on a whole pile of calendar pages. Oh, sure, it does happen to be my birthday, but that …
The reason is unclear, but at one point, the pregnant Mary and her husband, Joseph, traveled from Nazareth, ordered by Gaius Caesar ostensibly for a census for tax-related purposes. ( Article 1, …
Years ago, I posted a thought on social media about something that had been bugging me for some time. The question was layered, although it seemed to be a bit too political for the forum. I …
In August of this year, the National Guard was ordered into the District of Columbia, posted because President Trump decreed that the nation’s capital was a crime-ridden mess. The crime …
Were I a little more cynical, I would be extremely morose about the increasing lack of civility in society. It’s not just here, either. It’s global, and unless there’s some …
Unless you’ve been living in a pecan shell (hey, it’s fall, right?), you’ve probably heard that the most devastating and longest lasting shutdown in the history of shutdowns …
Yep, last week saw an election, and there were many high-stakes issues facing the country, the state and even our humble neck of the woods. For those of you who turned out, you done good, …
I’m getting a little battle fatigued over the political landscape, so this week I’m going to focus on some of the things that have me puzzled but don’t require excessive thought, or …
With my deepest apologies to Jim Croce: “Now I got them steadily depressin’ low-down, mind-messin’ governmental shutdown blues.” By the time you read this, …
I’m beginning to think that the path the government has taken is not only irresponsible, but unconstitutional, unpatriotic and most scary, irrevocable. While on the surface, using the …
Person: “I don’t read the paper. I get my news from Facebook.” Me: “No, you don’t. You get the local gossip and scuttlebutt on Facebook, but you’re not …
We’ll have several definitions on today’s test, mostly for words that, in the vein of Inigo Montoya, do not mean what the users want them to mean, but are fun to see nonetheless. For …
Years ago, over something that I’m sure at the time was earth-shattering, some politician made a comment and was summarily attacked (online, not physically). Threats were even made against his …
It’s taken me a bit of time to come to terms with the recent news that the founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, was gunned down after two questions at his college event in Utah. …
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 …
About two dozen of my current and former coworkers gathered earlier this year to celebrate the life of Keitha, our coworker and friend who unexpectedly left this world as we know it in December. …
Years ago in my career, I was working for a family-owned newspaper group in New Mexico when there was an economic downturn. The company had recently acquired business partners (BlackRock) in …
Rooting out corruption can be tough, especially when laws have been put in place to keep the regular schmoes in line while giving a pass to fearless leaders. For instance, under the guise of …
The revelations that have come from the shuttering and review of the Obama era USAID program are as eye-opening as they are sad, but there are a few in there that are downright infuriating. Of …
There’s been a lot of talk — standard one-sided talk — about the last couple of weeks and the plethora of presidential pardons. While the law gives presidents and governors the …