American Insights
The Right to Resist
Born at Cape Cod and educated at Harvard, the Reverend Samuel West was a patriot. But above all, he was a...
The Pursuit of Happiness
I’ve been raking leaves all week, making it impossible to avoid thinking about getting old and joining that grand compost pile in the sky....
The Coffee Table
Square Pegs & Round Holes
I am the descendent of my father’s Eastern European/cabbage eater family and my mother’s American roots/white trash heritage. One can put me in the...
Hall Closets
I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn’t moved on me yet. Julius Erving
During 56 years on this rock, I’ve attended...
Dropping a Line
Water is now about 72° on our end of Beaver and Table Rock Lake here at Holiday Island. The fishing is getting hot, but the...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Are you a good person?
Please, if you will, pardon my impertinence. And rest assured I don’t expect an answer; the question is for you...
ISawArkansas
It takes faith to work with people week after week, year after year and not know them.
When you talk to people it can get...
The Coffee Table
Back to the Back of the Bus
A couple of years ago, a delightful young man, “Bruce,” and his equally delightful father attended a small...
The Coffee Table
When Dogs Fly
Air travel is traumatic. Driving to the airport is stressful because I don’t know the way. Siri guides me, but he’s been known...
Week’s Top Tweets
@elizabethisruined: Tweets are actually just brain selfies.
@designersays: Unlike the British or Australian spelling for colour/flavour/neighbour, the Americans don’t include u because it’s all about...