Someone somewhere once wrote or said that journalism, particularly that what appears on newsprint, is the “first rough draft of history.” Some have credited the former Washington …
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 …
When cultural amnesia cross mutates with perpetual pearl-clutching, you end up with a scenario like the one that captured a bit of attention last week, concerning the cartoon-metal band Gwar. …
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. …
A friend recently forwarded me an image that nearly made me fall out of my chair. Although I didn’t wind up actually falling from the chair, I was, apparently, in need of a good, old-fashioned …
A friend of mine recently posited some good food for thought upon the wild and woolly realm of social media – that there is a vast difference between “good politics” and “good …
This past July 4 was one that will not be forgotten anytime soon. For a holiday that usually signals celebrations of freedom and pride in American ideals, for many Texans, a series of catastrophic …
Imagine if you will this scenario: you have an ATM card in your pocket giving you access to millions of dollars, and you can spend that money however your heart desires. You, too, can have this …
With the death of Ozzy Osbourne last Tuesday, at the age of 76, a tidal wave of public memorials have whizzed through the pop culture gate, and many of those have featured chronicles of the many …
Recently, Texas Monthly released its long-awaited latest installment of its 50 best barbecue joints in Texas. The canonical ranking, released every four years or so, and curated by the …
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 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 …
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 …
Among the dizzying array of news stories to surface in the past several days, regarding the tawdry reality show that the body politic has settled into, one of my favorite old-school slang terms …
Rural America has a severe drug problem. According to figures gleaned from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) 2021 survey on nationwide drug use and …
A guy I admire who wrote by the name of Mark Twain once defined patriotism as “supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” Twain’s …
In my last musing in this space, all three of you who read my scrawlings will recall that I spun some thoughts on Bobby Kennedy, Jr.’s outlandish statements on autistic people. That …
I recently replied to a Facebook post a friend made about the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Kennedy had claimed that people who eat donuts, drink soft drinks or …