by Lee Camp | Jan 30, 2018 | Opinion
There is a great danger lurking about – this generalized disdain for tradition, habit and ritual. This is because it is increasingly understood, in various fields of study, that cultivating the proper habits and rituals yields a disproportionately significant...
by Blake Hart | Jan 30, 2018 | Opinion
The term “chain migration” is becoming commonplace in our political discourse when speaking about immigration policy. Media outlets are even using this term with increasing frequency. No question is given, though, to what it means or if it even exists....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 29, 2018 | Opinion
If you’ve ever been around camels, you can’t help but notice that they have large lips, but you don’t generally get too close to them, as they have been known to bite and spit — and camel breath, well, enough said. Camels are a big deal in...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 29, 2018 | Opinion
A Masai tribal talking stick helped broker a deal in Washington last week. With the U.S. government shutdown, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) made her Senate colleagues use this stick during their deliberations as a means of forcing each other to listen. The talking...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 29, 2018 | Opinion
Generally, most of us want to be nice – and are deemed nice. We care about people and respect their differences; we seek to be around nice people ourselves. Persons who don’t behave nicely in our society create enough ugliness – with no need for us...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 28, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce “Have you ever felt like the whole world is a tuxedo and you’re a pair of brown shoes?” That deadpan line comedian George Gobel once delivered on The Tonight Show to crack up host Johnny Carson came to mind last week. I knew that out-of-place feeling...
