I’m about to change categories and I’m not ready or happy about it — you know, the one that asks, “What is your age range?”
The other day, I was holding court with some very distinguished retirees.
On the left, we say, “Stay out of my bedroom!” and “Stay out of my body!”
“I get quite a razzing from my grandkids about my continuing addiction to watching and re-watching my old Saturday westerns from the 1940s. Caught a Hopalong Cassidy yarn from 1944 on the tube today. Seems Sheriff Hoppy and all the good guys were standing down a bunch of bad guys who were be…
Terrorists proved on Sept. 11, 2001, that guns are not necessary to kill 2,753 people.
We’re blessed.
There have been jokes around for years which even we Democrats find amusing.
I remember as I was growing up, I always thought school was free.
When Harley Jacobsen came into Doc’s office the other day for his physical, it was a treat for Doc.
“Saw the picture of the winners of the Henry County Fair trivia teams competition in last Friday’s Post-Intelligencer and had to wonder, 1) will we being seeing these fellows in the International Trivia Olympics at some time in the future, and 2) are these trivia athletes aware that Alan Lad…
Dear Dave,
One of the obstacles that arise when discussing issues with those on the Left is their abandonment of rational thought for feelings.
Americans have grieved over the senseless murders of 31 people recently gunned down in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart and a Dayton, Ohio, nightclub.
One of the obstacles that arise when discussing issues with those on the Left is their abandonment of rational thought for feelings.
Back in the not-so-distance past, when racism in the Republican Party was covert and cloaked in code words and dog whistles, I’d have conversations with proud party members who would attempt to convince me that I was seeing things that weren’t there.
To the editor:
The pompous guy next to me at the banquet the other night asked in a “gotcha” kind of way, “What’s the most important thing you’ve ever learned?”
To the editor:
The real winner of the recent Democratic “Road to the White House” debate was President Donald Trump.
So maybe it’s because we’re in the dog days of summer, but for the last month or so, instead of being controversial, obnoxious and gloriously vulgar, I’ve tried to be as informative and as fair as possible.
We all want to do nice things for our loved ones. We go on family trips and celebrate life’s wins together.
You have to hand it to Windy. When Alphonse “Windy” Wilson chooses to speak, it is a bombastic sampling of creativity.
It was August 1920. In world news, Ethelda Bleibtrey became the first woman to medal at the Olympics setting the women’s 100-meter freestyle world record in swimming.
Medical insurance and healthcare continues to be a main topic of American conversations.
CONTINUED FROM last week.
Can you believe Christmas is right around the corner? It seems like we were just celebrating the Fourth of July, and now it’s time to prepare for another Christmas season.
I swear summer seems to get shorter and shorter and, before you know it, school’s back in session. (This isn’t real swearing, I promise.)
When I mention I have a newspaper column, people want to know what I write about.
To the editor:
The last couple weeks, I’ve been writing about income equality. For me it’s a stark problem our country has. You can see the numbers. You can read the statistics. It’s very real to most Americans, young or old, black or white, male or female.
The days are dwindling down to decision time. Which sport should we watch as autumn approaches?
It was Doc who first noticed Dud’s strange behavior.
Dear Dave,
“Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe and President Donald Trump have reconsidered and withdrawn the idea that Ratcliffe should be the next national director of U.S. intelligence. That’s a shame. Given Ratcliffe’s Texas-sized descriptions of his abilities and experience, he could have easily end…
Overworked, overscheduled, overconnected — that’s the world we live in today. It’s overwhelming, to say the least!
“Be on the alert! That nerdy looking guy at your door asking if he can cut your lawn just might be former Microsoft guy Bill Gates trying to pick up a few bucks to recover from the financial embarrassment of dropping from being the second richest person in the world all the way down to only …
While reading the late Kert Blackwood’s reprinted column last week, one idea has stuck in my mind — radical liberals wanting destruction for destruction’s sake.
I laugh at the commercials for a best-selling candy bar that shows what happens when we’re hungry.
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said President Donald Trump could begin construction of his border wall using the $2.3 billion he took from the military after Congress exercised their power of the purse under the U.S. Constitution and refused to give it to him, a few hundred w…
To the editor:
To the editor:
OK, so last week, we talked about the huge canyon of wage difference between the 1% and the other 99%. And the awesome thing we determined is it isn’t about politics!
To the editor:
To the editor:
In 1915, Madie Ann Lee French Salmon was 27 years young.
To the editor:
My best friend was telling me about his oldest daughter the other day.
Americans should be able to draw 100% of their Social Security benefits at age 65, but they can’t.
When you have a teenage relative, and the minimum age is 21 to go to a rock concert, and this relative has to go to the concert or die.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Art Smith of the Volunteers for Freedom Tea Party submitted this Dec. 2, 2011 column with the following message: “Though this article was initially written in 2011 with specific reference to Barack Obama, the tactics and goals of radical leftists remain the same today. If anyt…
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