The Reel News

Pictured are Rudy, Richard and son, and brother Tyron from Springdale, who fished with Juan Granados with Hooked on Fishing.  Beaver Tailwaters report:  There’s something about...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Singapore is an island-city-state that has suddenly taken the world’s longevity trophy. People in Singapore are living to an average of mid-80s. Singapore is #1...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

We’re bombarded with uncertainty. The weather is macabre – current wildfires in Canada, the Mediterranean, the western U.S., Pakistan, Russia, Algeria, Peru, the Arctic Circle...

Land in our Hands

All we are saying is give peace a chance Lennon, Ono 1969 “You know I’ve talked to groups of thousands about lots of subjects over the...

Hall Closets

Many full moons ago this column properly addressed and undressed the uber-capitalistic and fascist ways and means of the NC2A, particularly its most recent...

The Coffee Table

A Nomad’s Nightmare My parents didn’t own a home until I was an adult and living on my own. For all of my childhood, my family...

The Dirt on Nicky

A story about mallows If you’re a big fan of s’mores and bought a pack of marsh mallow seeds, you’re in for a big surprise....

Jigsaw puzzles, the joy and the frustration of hours of our lives.

I have loved and learned from them.  Geography with the states, countries,  capital cities all framed as pieces for small fingers to fit together...

American Insights

Hope, Work, Spirit: From my book Better Angels, out now The past will not always illuminate the ideal, and the present may seem destined for...

The Reel News

Pictured is Keaton from Missouri with this awesome White River Rainbow trout  Beaver Tailwaters report:  When I said last week that Summer would return, here we...