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2017 Columns
October 30, 2017: Maybe The Problem Isn’t The Public Schools. Maybe It Is Our Society
I am trying to remember when our public school system became an inferior way to learn to read, write and cipher. Maybe public schools have always been low-grade but I must have missed the cue because I got a pretty good education. I guess the blame belongs to my momma and daddy. They generally considered schoolteachers in the same lofty stratosphere with the … [Read more...] about October 30, 2017: Maybe The Problem Isn’t The Public Schools. Maybe It Is Our Society
October 23, 2017: Some Dutch-Uncle Advice For a President Who Needs It
Dear President Trump: Pardon this journalistic equivalent of spitting in the wind but I thought it was important that you hear from one of the “deplorables” who resides on neither the left wing or the right wing. Believe it or not, there are a lot of us in the middle. Before I go any further, let me say that I am not speaking for great-grandson extraordinaire Cameron … [Read more...] about October 23, 2017: Some Dutch-Uncle Advice For a President Who Needs It
October 16, 2017: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects From Ingrates To God To Heroes
That bunch of ungrateful millionaires who have all the relevance of tree fungus and continue to hold their pity party to disrespect our National Anthem now have a PR problem. The ingrates have underestimated our ability to affirm their irrelevance by tuning them out. A recent Washington-based Winston poll affirms that the protests have transformed the NFL into the … [Read more...] about October 16, 2017: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects From Ingrates To God To Heroes
October 2, 2017: The Real News Is That This Is National Newspaper Week
This may come under the heading of home cooking but this is National Newspaper Week, something we should both be celebrating. Me, because I get a chance every week to tell you what’s on my mind and you, because you can tell me whether or not you agree. It is the newspaper that makes it possible. Don’t try this in Iran. I backed into this gig almost 20 years … [Read more...] about October 2, 2017: The Real News Is That This Is National Newspaper Week