Some time back, I had a problem with a purchase from a locally-owned business. Thankfully I discovered it before leaving the parking lot. I turned the truck off, went back inside, politely asked to speak to the boss and we address...
It seems hard to believe that six years ago, America was almost under totalitarian rule. The odd thing is that it wasn’t centralized, like we typically see when the word “totalitarian” is used. Instead – thankfully – it was scatte...
As a coach I love sports. I especially love basketball. While I didn’t play in high school and played other sports, it was my favorite. My mother passed away at an early age. After her death, I came home one day from school to f...
In 1928, Eva Nell Cochran was born in the little community of Forney Creek in Swain County, N.C. She wasn’t much bigger than a minute. Her favorite story to tell was about the day her daddy rode her to Morning Star Elementar...
We can always remember where we were when we got a particular bit of good, or too often bad, news. On July 31, 2010, clearly remember exactly where I was, and what I was doing. I was standing at the counter of the old office of th...
Twice in the past week, I’ve seen examples of how modern mental health has failed. What bugs me is that while folks will fuss on social media and fuss at reporters who cover examples of such failures, they rarely fuss at the ones ...
