Bundy’s not a patriot; he’s a lawbreaker
It looked, at first, like scenes from a Technicolor wide-screen western epic movie, circa 1950s. There stood rancher Cliven Bundy,...
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We are all responsible for our choices
Little Falls is making national news. Not because it is a beautiful little community tucked away in one of the...
Gabriel Marquez, a giant, has fallen
One day in November 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Egyptian King Tut, filled with dazzling treasures. Carter poked...
I will fear the bomb, Russia’s aggression no more
I was born and spent my early childhood in East Tennessee. My home was just a few miles from a...
Enough of pings; let’s have some news
If I hear the word “ping” one more time, I’m going to do...
Why read ‘moldy’ old Sinclair Lewis?
Why should anyone in this new century want to read anything by Sinclair Lewis? “Isn’t he that moldy old author...
Locavores find droolworthy non-Franken foods
Hey, just chillax! OK, so I’m one of the illiterati; just call me a noob. If I were a screenager,...
My life’s become nothing but numbers
As we all must do, I had my annual physical recently. As a part of that examination, blood work is...