It’s been several weeks since I was exposed to an evening of insulting, bragging and attempted humiliation with an Alaskan. The Alaskan I refer to is Mike Barton — Alaskan by movement. Two decades ago, he was bored (or was he boring?) with his desk job in Washington, D.C. when Providence stepped in and he […]
Let’s see if I have this right: President Barack Obama won’t show us his birth certificate. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney won’t release his 2011 tax reports. Congress is immobile, inept and incapable of agreeing on anything except leaving town. Try as hard as these three units will to create ill feeling toward our democracy, I’m […]
It’s been several weeks since I was exposed to an evening of insulting, bragging and attempted humiliation with an Alaskan. The Alaskan I refer to is Mike Barton — Alaskan by relocation. Two decades ago, he was bored (or was he boring?) with his desk job in Washington, D.C. when Providence stepped in and he […]
Having been associated with newspapering for over 50 years I perhaps am more drawn to news reports, spoken and written, than many others. I’ve neither read nor listened with interest in anything but what I see and hear. No searching for flaws or innuendos. No thoughts of partisan reporting of political, environmental, religious or whatever […]
Our ski-bum grandson, Dan Offer, 23, was graduated from Michigan State Business School this month. His degree is in finance. His second goal is to pass the Certified Public Accountant tests, copying his father and grandfather — his dad’s side. His first goal is to spend ten months a year skiing and two months playing […]
When did political polls start? I don’t really want to know. I hear only those that reflect my choices. But, that’s just my way of getting to this Jottings. What started this thinking was a comment made by Wayne, my barber. Which took me back several years. Then president of the Oxford Board of Education, […]
? Now that so many are using hand-held devices, no one reports UFOs. ? Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, ‘I think I’ll squeeze one of these dangling things and drink whatever comes out? ? I suppose because I drink only black tea, some will call me racist. Brother-in-law […]
Our ski-bum grandson, Dan Offer, 23, was graduated from Michigan State Business School this month. His degree is in finance. His second goal is to pass the Certified Public Accountant tests, copying his father and grandfather — his dad’s side. His first goal is to spend ten months a year skiing and two months playing […]
Deer hunting hasn’t changed since I wrote this Nov. 16, 1988. Ah, it’s time for the annual sleep in the woods. Yes, plural, a.m. and p.m. for two days. It’s the culmination of 363 days of longing for two days of deer hunting. Planning gets started about Labor Day. It begins with, ‘Are you going […]
Maybe too many things are just not going my way lately, but I’m getting upset more often, quicker and it’s taking longer to get over. Too, it could be my aging. However, I really believe my rising temper has more to do with this extensive political season. I spent a lifetime writing news — maybe […]