by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 8, 2011 | Opinion
So, how many e-mails have you gotten the last couple of weeks from companies with whom you’ve done business, alerting you that their security has been breached and that your name and e-mail address may have been stolen? My count is up to six, I think. Walgreens,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 6, 2011 | Opinion
I love dogwoods. I just do. For most of the year, they’re most unremarkable trees, but in the springtime, when they blossom, they grab me. A dogwood in the backyard shades my patio. When the breeze rustles its branches, the wind chimes make gentle music, and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 4, 2011 | Opinion
A personal experience and an ugly news story came together for me yesterday. The personal experience involved a growing abscess just behind the spot where I had a back molar pulled about five weeks ago. A piece of debris left over from the drilling/breaking/pulling...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 1, 2011 | Opinion
I’ve been pondering whether to say anything, or what to say, about America’s intervention in Libya. On the one hand, we love the idea of defending protesters against a dictator who doesn’t mind killing his own people. On the other hand, that just...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 30, 2011 | Opinion
I’ve been thinking about tulips lately, partly because some bulbs I planted several years ago finally got the right combination of weather or fertilizer to bloom. I’ve been watching them each day, noticing how the flowers close at night and remain closed...
