“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it” – Winston Churchill.

Small businesses are the embodiment of the American Dream.

“If I want drama, I’ll go see a movie. If I want games, I’ll go back to work.”

Alright neighbors, are we going to talk about “it”? 

The crisis at our southern border unfortunately is nothing new.

With election season in full swing across the country – and especially in Lincoln County – I have seen plenty of candidates talk about being “pro-Second Amendment.”

Mother’s day is upon us, and the flower stores are sold out accordingly. For those among us prone to forget the holiday, our trip to the sold out flower store may be rescheduled to a Sunday stroll through the candle section at Walmart. When I wander down that home-goods aisle, I am perplexed…

The Easter District Work Period has been a very productive one around the Third District.

One of my old college buddies always liked to say, “look to the future, never the past.”

Could you tell a story with only six words? The constraint limits your options, but it increases the value of your words. Thinking deeply is required. 

I’ve been in the media business for over two decades covering a variety of topics. 

How the heck can a person / Go to work in the morning / Come home in the evening / And have nothing to say? – John Prine:  Angel from Montgomery.

When the pandemic began, restaurants were among the very first businesses to take a hit.

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “…it is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.”

Don Quixote de la Mancha: One of the most influential pieces of literature, considered by scholars to be a masterpiece in character building through story telling. Once the second most translated book in the world, it is a rotund novel nearly 800 pages in length. It is more verbose than a di…

On Wednesday, March 30, we celebrated National Vietnam Veterans Day to honor the Americans who served our country in Vietnam.

There is nothing rural about me.

Russia Invades the Ukraine; Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock.

Farming and ranching are just about as Missouri as it gets.

Forgive me if I am not sounding very happy with the tone of this week’s column, because I am writing it from home.

Oh how we marvel at the ways of children, as if we forgot we once were children too. – With Spring having arrived, communities of hibernating home-bodies are crawling out of their caves in droves. Lordly bears emerge slim from their hard rock hotels and survey the land. Cardinals, Warblers a…

Now that we are halfway through March, tax season is in full swing.

A few weeks ago, in the middle of the all the other running around I did throughout Lincoln County (you might have seen me), I managed to make my way out to the Lincoln County Fairgrounds for the “Meet the Candidate” event, which was sponsored by Lincoln County Libertarians.

When I awoke last night to a scutter on the roof-top, I was thankful. I had lain, dreaming that I was sitting on the porch at Grandpa’s, looking out across the yard, at elephants. As elephants are not native to north Mississippi where my late grandfather lived (what he was late for and why i…

The conflict in Ukraine unfortunately continues to rage on with Putin and the Russian army relentlessly attacking cities across Ukraine with absolutely no regard for human life. This is not a fight between military forces. This is a brutal attack on Ukrainian men, women and children. There i…