Embrace What You Suck At We all can remember back to our elementary school days when some well-meaning teacher told our class that all of us are good at something. And they were right. We may not have realized what it was at the time, and some of us may still be searching for exactly […]
The Erosion of the National Civic Discourse
The Erosion of the National Civic Discourse I am going to start this week with an acknowledgment that should be patently obvious, but apparently has become suddenly unavoidable: TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less is an opinion column. It represents my personal perspective- nothing more, nothing less. Well, good, now that we have this mandatory […]
Why Baba O’Reily is the Greatest Rock Song of All-Time
Why Baba O’Reily is the Greatest Rock Song of All-Time I’ve been putting this one off for awhile. Perhaps it’s because I’ve just had too many other pressing topics to write about. Perhaps it’s because something so purely subjective hardly seems the stuff for TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less. Or perhaps it’s simply because […]
Everything is Definitely NOT Better in Texas
Everything’s Definitely Not Better in Texas They like to say that everything is bigger in Texas. Well, there must be some truth in that postulation because if Gov. Greg Abbott and the men in the Texas state legislature think they have the right to tell women what to do with their bodies, they have balls […]
Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is
Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is If you really want to know what a particular society values, take a look at their federal budget. Oh, we can say we value this and value that, but in the end, it comes down to one of my mom’s favorite sayings, “Put your money where your mouth […]