The latest thing I’ve fallen into on the universal rabbit hole that is YouTube is the series “Predator Poachers.” For those unfamiliar with it, the concept is as follows: a Houston-based …
President Donald Trump has, for most of his life in the public eye, had a gift for marketing his name and a knack for putting it on buildings. The most recent building to bear the …
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 …
I’m not fond of cringe imagery – be it videos of unintended slapstick humor or footage of courtroom meltdowns as a verdict is read, I’m just not about any of that. It is, however, …
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 …
One time, in high school, a teacher drew a parallel between paleolithic times and our modern way of life that struck with me. “So you don’t …
As much as I love to laugh at Basic White Folk behavior, I sometimes fall into some of those same traps. One trait straight out of the Basic White Folks rulebook* that I have been guilty of …
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 …
“…life's too short to worry, life's too long to wait, too short not to love everybody, life's too long to hate I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time …
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, …
While an underlying cause for autism remains elusive, elected officials with no scientific or medical background whatsoever have singled out a culprit: Tylenol. …
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, …
At a time when millions of Americans are having to tighten their belts, with thoughts constantly running of how many bills they have to juggle and questions of how to afford groceries and make rent, …
Dear sitting members of Congress, We the People are tired of the theatrics, the kayfabe, the bull manure which, at best, resemble a sort of mash-up between prime …
I was a seed, a tiny ol' seed. Water and sunshine was all that I need. I felt so lifeless, discouraged and hurt 'til someone took me and stuck me in dirt. – Al Barlow, …
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 …