Oh the Memories of These Places
The older you get the longer it seems you sit in the easy chair and reminisce about the joints you frequented and the places where you ate in your youth. Oh, you don’t do that. Well, I do. Oh some...
View ArticleSeethe? Yes, While You Mourn This Shooting Tragedy
As I continue to read about the nine people shot to death in a historic black church in Charles, South Carolina, I mourn and I commiserate and I seethe. Yes, seethe. The morning after their murders,...
View ArticleSpecious Babble Sours Political Arena
Obviously, you know that political antics, observations, explanations and pronouncements oftentimes provide illogical and wrong-headed babble. So many stories emerge that show just how specious those...
View ArticleDoes GOP Gain White Man’s Vote Because of Fear or Some Other Rationale?
All along I have believed that white males are flocking to the Republican party because of their fears that they’re losing control of the country to men of color. I’m still staunchly in that mind set...
View ArticleLabor Day Just Isn’t What It Used to Be
How did you celebrate Labor Day? Did you read an essay on how the unions pulled middle class America into a sense of well-being? Nope. Okay. Did you research how so many worked six days a week for a...
View ArticleCoffman Reflects the Values of Playing Football
Paul Coffman sauntered into the grill room at Grand Summit Country Golf and Country Club and immediately several guys sitting at a table beckoned to him. The usual banter followed, How are the boys...
View ArticleThe Difficulties of Debating Abortion, Contraception, Sex Are Many and Varied
It’s so very difficult for me to get involved in debates over abortion. I’m a man and can’t feel the emotional trauma of a woman trying to find answers, trying to overcome an unwanted pregnancy. Plus,...
View ArticleTrip to Macon and Columbia — A Fun Break in the Routine
It was time for a little break from the routine so my wife and I packed up for an overnight trip to north central Missouri. She and her father were born in Laclede and my mother was born in New...
View ArticlePolitical Notes Show Bad Side of Republicans
There’s this saying that gets right to the heart of callousness: Republicans’ interest in life begins at conception and ends at birth. Daily Show host Trevor Noah criticized Republicans like...
View ArticleEquality and Knowledge at Odds — So You Face Adversity and Move On
Two of the biggest myths in life are “all men are created equal” and “it’s what you know and not who you know.” Every time I walked into a locker room shower after gym class, I knew all men weren’t...
View ArticleCommon Denominator From Then To Now: Guns
I was relaxing in my recliner with all sorts of thoughts and ideas running through my brain. Should I fix martinis or Manhattans before supper? Kansas really is a basketball school and if you doubt...
View ArticleThou Shall Understand Rich and Poor
Thou shall not covet. Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned. On too many occasions of late I have turned green with envy. Earlier I only associated green with the Masters or St. Pat’s Day. Now I’ve added...
View ArticleAmong ‘Little’ Stories, You’ll Learn You’re Still Paying For Boehner’s...
You want to know what is wrong in the world, you don’t have to read the big-breaking stories. The “little” stories reveal a lot. These ran last week on Huffington Post. —— Like the smoke stains in his...
View ArticleNRA Crowd Taking Country Down Wrong Path
“An arsenal in every American home will not make us secure. It will make the gun manufacturers even more rich. No segment of our society is more concerned with the gun epidemic than our police forces.”...
View ArticleVapid Responses Frustrate Fight For Sensible Gun Control
I don’t know why I keep writing about gun control. The gun toters are going to stand by their ludicrous love for firearms no matter the rationale. But I continue to hope that sanity will prevail with...
View ArticleToo Many in Media and Politics Gain Attention By Selling Fear
It hasn’t been a case of agoraphobia. Nah. I don’t fear the the environment, believing it to be dangerous, uncomfortable or unsafe. The fact is, I couldn’t get out of my recliner with all the bowl...
View ArticlePoverty Difficult Topic as GOP Slash and Burn Remedies
Write about or discuss poverty and you can be assured the increase in poor eyesight and deaf ears will point a bright light at apathy. We don’t like the subject matter. It has little socially redeeming...
View ArticleSit Back and Take In These Stories of Life, Politics and Sports
Musings, maybe. A bit of irony. Or perhaps, instead of literary projections, the stories are simply meant to misinform or deflect or even bemuse you. Every day, these types of stories emerge. You don’t...
View ArticleBeware of Kasich’s Brand of Compassionate Conservatism
George W. Bush told the country his brand of politics was filled with compassionate conservatism. He proved that those two words represent an antithesis. The conservatives are not about compassion. The...
View ArticleBrownback, Kobach et al Putting Kansas Into Bind
An ideological cause is burdening Kansas residents — and many others — with consternation, frustration and financial duress. These right-wingers with a mission etched in John Birch Society admonitions...
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