by Britt Towery | Feb 20, 2007 | Opinion
The Chinese have for centuries viewed the coming of the New Year as a time for new beginnings. They sweep the yard (few had lawns in those days) clean out their homes and closets, and got rid of chipped or cracked pottery. New items are purchased to replace the old....
by Britt Towery | Feb 13, 2007 | Opinion
Would it be out of place for a humble country boy ask the U.S. senators to take up some serious business–especially those running so fast for president? There are more important matters to be done than running around 12 months before the first primaries raising...
by Britt Towery | Jan 30, 2007 | Opinion
The New York Times Jan. 21 opinion piece by Stanley Fish of Duke University commended the George W. Bush’s Presidential Library be housed at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Writing opinions can be dangerous. Fish’s little bit of opinion brought...
by Britt Towery | Jan 25, 2007 | Opinion
Once again we have been warned by President George W. Bush that failure in Iraq would be “grievous and far-reaching.” I have not counted the times he has used fear to get the public’s attention. Tuesday in the annual State of the Union address he...
by Britt Towery | Jan 18, 2007 | Opinion
With nearly a decade of weekly column writing this one is unique. This is the first time I ever wrote one on my birthday. About six o’clock this morning, 77 years ago, I was born out on Seventh Street in Brownwood, Texas, U.S.A. It was a Sunday and I was the...
