by Webmaster | Aug 24, 2015 | Commentary on Society, Love
“Deed I do” is a quaint musical phrase and not something Angus would have ever said. Not that he didn’t do deeds; he surely did. But admitting he’d done a deed, in present tense, wasn’t his way of talking or thinking. “Deed I do” has a lyrical...
by Webmaster | Aug 17, 2015 | Commentary on Society, Sports
My son, Tosh, and I went to Indianapolis over the Memorial Day weekend this year to see the so-called “greatest spectacle in sports,” the Indy 500. It was aptly named; it was a great spectacle and featured a new sport for me. Trying to wrestle a parking place on...
by Webmaster | Aug 10, 2015 | Commentary on Society, The Media
Writing about law and order today is pretty much the same as it was in the 1880s. Except today, more people get their news from TV than from newspapers. The narrative differs greatly depending on whether it’s written by Fox news or MSNBC. Fox News might write the...
by Webmaster | Aug 3, 2015 | Commentary on Society, Guns, The Media
Angus, a federal marshal in 1880s New Mexico, knew something mass shootings. Had you been around in those days and asked him, he might have one or two mass shootings. It happened mostly when the U.S. Army came into close contact with Indians. The worst one happened on...
by Webmaster | Jul 6, 2015 | Commentary on Society, Stress
Up high on a ridge line at 10,000 feet, stillness humbles a man. At least, that’s what it did to Angus in the 1880s. Could be those hard to reach places are just as still now as they were back then. I don’t mean quiet. Still feels different—it can have sound—wind or...
by Webmaster | Jun 29, 2015 | Commentary on Society, Law, The Media
Truthiness is a word that didn’t exist in the 1880s. It hardly exists now, except in the political and entertainment worlds. A funny guy named Stephen Colbert invented it to carry a TV show about fake truth. It was made up stuff, what Angus would have called lies. But...
