It’s been a while since we had a good thunderstorm here, though we seldom suffer for a lack of them. We’ve had some heavy, heavy rains, just no thunderstorm. Last weekend it rained nearly five inches with only the faintest, occasional rumble of thunder…nothing worth dragging the camera out for. As many of you are…
I have a banjo-playing attorney friend who said this: Apparently some conservatives are howling “what about the First Amendment?!?” because this bearded guy from “Duck Dynasty” spoke his mind in GQ about gays, race, etc and got suspended indefinitely as a result. The First Amendment is about GOVERNMENT curtailing speech, not private TV networks. Free…
Man, oh man am I on a tear. Today, or yesterday it is or was now, I suppose, everything seemed to be rubbing me the wrong way, and I was thwarted at every turn. While it seems like everything went wrong, there were some that went right. After ranting and raving for most of the…
All you can do with elecrtricity, really, is make it stop and go, but that is deceptively simple. From massive concrete and steel containment vessels surging with the energy of fissile materials splitting their atoms in a controlled manner, from turbines spun by gravity’s force upon water held back by dams that are marvels of…
Have you ever tried to write about nothing? I do it all the time. Some might think this is dangerous, but the level of danger is proportional with the number of people likely to read it. I am not in much danger, after all. I had a good story to write, but it will have…
Let me get this straight. In the continuing effort to fix things, Health and Human Services (HHS) has strongly encouraged insurers to do the following things: 1. Pay claims for folks who have not yet purchased health insurance by paying their premiums. 2. Treat out-of-network health care providers as if they were in network. 3.…
I’ve heard lots of things, but this is right up there with the most ludicrous. Recently in Texas, a teenage drunk driver was involved in a horrible traffic accident in which four pedestrians, all members of the same family in the same small town were killed. The teen’s blood alcohol level was apparently three times…
In this information age, we are inundated by the banal. Sometimes, we are overtaken by it, caught up in it, and pretend we are wrestling with monumental human issues, when we are actually being divided to the point of being the exalted potentate of our own individual fiefdom. We have become the kings of our…
You young invincibles…your unwillingness to sign up for insurance under the ACA is a sure sign of your moral failure, since it is the morally right thing for you to do. Any reluctance on your part is an obvious indication of your lack of morality. Have you stopped and considered that? Older, sicker folks need…
Thad Cochran, Mississippi’s Senior Senator, has been good for the State of Mississippi. He has been mostly conservative, but he ranks among the more moderate GOP Senators. Thad has been the champion of earmarks, choosing, rather than media coverage, to bring home the bacon for Mississippi. Thanks, Thad. As a Republican who is more and…
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