The Coffee Table

Another School Shooting What’s wrong with the above title? “School Shooting” is awful. But the word “Another” indicates something is sorely amiss in our nation.  On Wednesday, September...

This Weeks Independent Thinker

Amanda Jones is an award-winning middle school librarian in Louisiana. Let’s back up. Mark Twain wrote a book in 1884 and gave it a simple...

American Insights

Double V  There is a small but noisy minority “who want to see no evil and hear no evil, even though they know in their...

Good Words from Bookwyrm

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley It’s becoming common these days for books to have a sticker attached proclaiming them part of a celebrity...

Hall Closets

In addition to all of the legendary Razorbacks I’ve had the good fortune to watch play live and in person, the opposition has certainly...

The Dirt on Nicky

Sometimes greens are red Sometimes silence is loud, or a situation is clearly confusing and often I’m busy doing nothing. Sometimes politicians jumble up a...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week September 11 – 17, 2024

Full Moon Lunar Eclipse – Eclipse Season Begins We are in the last week of summer. Autumn begins on September 22, next Sunday. The eclipses...

Shaping Character

Hello, my name is Garrett Rascon, and I attended Clear Spring School for several years, from approximately 2014 to 2022. My journey at Clear...

The Coffee Table

Like Clapping for Fairies My daughter and I drove to Fayetteville one recent Sunday to see Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun on stage. I noticed...

American Insights

Boston Strong  Residents call it Marathon Monday or Patriot’s Day, and it’s a day like no other. Held annually on the third Monday in April,...