When I was a child living with my cousins in Biloxi, Mississippi circa 1958, we watched a television show called The Gray Ghost, which popularized the exploits of the real life rebel, John Mosby. After watching, we often went outside to reenact what we had seen. We were thrilled to recreate the battles for the […]
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“Okay, Boomer,” I said. “What can I help you with,” came the reply from my son’s car speaker. He and I both started laughing so hard that his car weaved slightly. Fortunately, his all-electric vehicle had plenty of room in his lane. I was trying to tell him about a story I had read concerning
It’s an ill wind that blows no good. Pandemics are no exception to the aphorism They can and do have positive outcomes. I’m not talking about potential positive outcomes. Some writers are already pontificating about some kumbaya moment when we stop being red state blue state antagonists. I’m also not talking about probable outcomes like
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The roads and sidewalks glittered in the morning mist from a storm that had drenched the city the night before. Natalie peered out her car window at the overcast sky on her way to work and decided to stay late at the office that night. The forecast called for more wind and rain in intermittent
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I am really irritated at my neighbor’s dog, a miniature schnauzer. And not for what you might think. I have had neighbors whose dogs barked incessantly and pooped indiscriminately. That’s a whole other set of problems. Of course if I am really honest, it’s my neighbor and not her dog that I am really irked
Wait… hold the tar and feathers. I know it sounds like heresy, but I want to argue that it’s actually a good thing for the Broncos that the Chiefs won the Super Bowl. I know a lot of Bronco Country was rooting for Kansas City to lose. They are our loathsome rivals, after all, and
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With the country so polarized as it heads into the 2020 election, it is wise to remember what, we as Americans, can all agree on. No matter where you stand on any particular issue or what your party affiliation, if you love this country and its ideals, then you want what’s best for it. We
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Watching the devolution of the Republican party under Trump’s leadership has convinced me that Republicans, not Democrats, will turn America into a socialist nation. Before the trolls call me deranged, deluded, or worse, a closet Democrat, I propose a few premises that I think most Americans can agree on before presenting my argument. The first
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Recently, my wife recorded a new greeting for our landline. Yes, we’re dinosaurs who still have a landline. Our phone company made upgrades to their system, forcing us to record a new greeting. I had to listen to it for the first time yesterday and hated it. She identified me as Jerry, a name I
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One good thing that came out of the Gulf wars, maybe the only good thing, is a belated recognition of Vietnam veterans. Somewhere in all of the “Support the Troops” fervor that gripped much of the country came a wave of guilt over how veterans of Vietnam were treated. What M.A.S.H. did for Korean War
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