American Insights
Lincoln at Independence Hall
The president-elect reached Philadelphia at 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 1861. In response to warm greetings, Abraham Lincoln told a...
The Dirt on Nicky
Non-boring comments about homemade soil amendments
Spring, spring, spring, so gardeners can finally get their hands and pants dirty in their gardens again. If your...
HavingREELFun
Well, well, this last weekend was full of excitement as Riverview Resort & Country Store had their Second Annual Walleye Tournament on Saturday.
The tournament...
Hall Closets
“I know a place where baseball’s really real. At night all the faces light up, as the heroes take the field.” – lyrics from...
The Coffee Table
Oblivious Upbringings — Part I
I am not the cleanest person on the planet, but I like order. Kinda makes sense. My mom was a neatnik and...
The Coffee Table
Deviled Eggs
The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that embryos are children. If you destroy a human embryo, you’ve murdered a child.
Now the Alabama governor has...
HavingREELFun
This week I experienced some diehards, no matter how cold it was in the morning they were on the water at daylight.
The report I...
American Insights
The Lessons of The Federalist
On Saturday, October 27, 1787, the first of eighty-five essays under the pseudonym “Publius” appeared in the New York Independent...
The Dirt on Nicky
Spring starts way next week, but things have already sprung. Mild weather in February stimulated blooms in the plant world a month early this...
Hall Closets
While pursuing a journalism degree from the University of Arkansas in the early 1990s, I was bitten hard by the golf bug. Thankfully, Paradise...