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Book Review: REBEL: The Last American Novel
Rebel: The Last American Novel; by T.L. Davis; 12 Round Publishing, Montrose, Colo., 275 pages, trade paperback. Life never affords enough comfort or security to
When a Government “Does Good”
People who live in the United States ought—all of them—to be about the business of doing good. But the government of the United States has
On the Set with Sam Elliott
Yesterday I received this photo from my longtime friend Robert Guernsey, who is a cameraman on the Netflix sitcom The Ranch. That’s Sam Elliott, star
Koolaid Powder in Rain Gauge
My wife Kit and I were disappointed when, after installing a rain gauge just 8 feet outside our kitchen window, we couldn’t discern the rainfall
Review: Wichita State Baseball Comes Back
Wichita State Baseball Comes Back: Gene Stephenson and the Making of a Shocker Championship Tradition (The History Press, historypress.net, Charleston, S.C., 2014, 140 pp., 31
Twenty Years Ago… AC Gets Its Start
The photo that accompanies this blog post is a shot I snapped moments ago of part of an article that appears on page 22 of
American Cowboy Magazine’s Backtrail: A Great Ride
Howdy, neighbor! If you’ve arrived here after having read the material in the 20th Anniversary Edition (June/July 2014) of American Cowboy magazine, then know that
Can You Guess What This Is?
I had been growing them for, oh, three years or so before it struck me just how early the fruit appears. Yes, if you are
Love Jesus, Hate Religion?
What’s with the new anti-“religion” sentiment? Maybe you’ve noticed it yourself. There has appeared—in conversations and statements on the web—an oddly pejorative treatment of the
We Need a New Word for “Terrorism”
Will the latest massacre at Fort Hood again be labeled simply “workplace violence”? Given the intense criticism that the White House received for the way
Testimony
Below appear my basic ideas that will be fleshed out in a book that I am tentatively calling Testimony. Testimony Copyright 2014 Jesse Mullins Revelation
Review: The Inventor and The Tycoon
My review of Edward Ball’s latest work, The Inventor and the Tycoon, was one of the earliest reviews to be published on this new duo-biography
500th Follower
Just this afternoon I welcomed my 500th follower on Twitter. See my Twitter page here. My most recent tweet was about my first book review
Oil vs. Gas: A Supply-And-Demand Paradox
When it comes to two different fossil fuels – oil and natural gas – is it accurate for us here in the United States to
Too Cool! Swamp Cooler on a Slugbug
Tonight as Kit and I arrived at the parking lot of Hastings bookstore, we found ourselves beside a Volkswagen Beetle with an unusual-looking drum attached
Make My Day
If I were to say that I’ve been Eastwooding longer than Clint Eastwood has been Eastwooding, well, I’m sure that would cause people to think
“Reportedly”? Does the word “reportedly” belong in reportage?
I’m dashing this off on a Tuesday evening, and I just saw this sentence in a story on foxnews.com: “Some 20 to 25 ‘Tonight Show’
CofC Members: What Do You Think?
Recently, Wineskins Magazine ran my book review of Why We Left, an examination of the reasons why people have left or are leaving the Church