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 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’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 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 […]
Shame on Us for Not Shaming My students rarely believe me when I tell them this, but I was once a fat kid. When I was in 8th grade, I actually weighed more than I do now. And though my parents tried to reassure me with the euphemistic understanding that I was really just “pleasantly […]
Please Don’t Feed the Bears If you have never seen Walter Herzog’s 2005 documentary Grizzly Man about bear enthusiast and conservationist Timothy Treadwell, I highly recommend you do away with your weekend plans right now and make some time to watch this fascinating insight into man’s tenuous relationship with nature. Treadwell, a fascinating and enigmatic […]
The Persuasion of the Christ Years ago while writing for the Summit Daily, I penned a piece about one Brother Nathaniel. He’s something of a local legend in these parts, standing on various intersections throughout the county adorned in full clergical vestments, replete with liturgical cassock and hat, and waving a crucifix at passersby or […]
Not Everyone Gets a Medal in the Olympics (Or in Life) I’ve said it before, but I absolutely love the Olympics. Sure some of the events might make you shake your head in bewilderment as you wonder who exactly voted to approve their inclusion (yeah, I’m talking about you trampoline and race walking). But if […]
America, Home of the Selfish You know what, folks? I take it all back. All that stuff I’ve said for years now about how Donald Trump did not represent the values of this country- yeah, I was simply wrong. Now, this column is not about that bloviating warthog, but I think it imperative at this […]
Everybody’s a Tourist Somewhere Sometimes living in a resort town just plain sucks. The people who vacation here, especially those that hail from the “Great State of Texas” (or so they would boorishly tell you) are often rude, belligerent, ignorant, and downright oblivious. They do such stupid things sometimes that I often find myself shaking […]
