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
Book Review: REBEL: The Last American Novel
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