More importantly, I didn’t elect you to do what I want you to do, either. The same goes for the folks who got elected that I didn’t vote for. As a matter of fact, I think this same thing of every elected politician across the federal, state and local levels save this one demand: Stick […]
Yes, I did it again. I had another Facebook back and forth. I don’t mind them, and I don’t think the people I’m having the back and forth with mind them. But I sure am beginning to think that the folks around the edges, they mind everything. This thread was pretty basic …. at least […]
Having just gotten back through the rigors of travelling from Dallas, I feel compelled to write about how the government and airlines make travelling such a ridiculous mess. After I finally got a cab with a man who must be in line to receive the Dallas Award for Bravery because the roads were icy, we […]
There’s more trouble coming up the river from River City. This time it rhymes not with P, but rather with G. And that stands for gambling. And this time it’s brought to you by your local Republican Party. It appears Democrats, liberals and progressives aren’t the only purveyors of panacea. After all, when it comes […]
That’s right. I asked if you survived the blizzard of 2014. What blizzard, you ask? Obviously I’m referring to the storm that hit on Feb. 4 as the latest issue of the Business Times went to press. After all, just a quick perusal of Facebook would give anyone craving information all the evidence needed this […]
A few stories in the news have got me thinking about all the problems of the world and how our nation got to the point where only the selected elected have the ability to solve them. Isn’t that the basis for political elections anymore: To take someone’s problems; create a bunch of problems; or my […]
If there’s one thing that strikes fear into hearts of the good people and business owners of the Grand Valley, it isn’t this cub reporter/advertising rep/publisher pounding on their door, calling them out of the blue or using the United States Postal Service to terrorize them into buying an ad or subscribing to the Business […]
For those of you who know me well, this might sound like a very odd thing to say given the upheaval in all things personal. But with every cloud comes a silver lining. When one door closes, another one opens. It’s always darkest before the dawn. Yeah, I know, whatever. You get the picture. But […]
I’ll be the first to admit I have absolutely no idea what the FBI was doing and has been doing out at Grand Junction Regional Airport. I only can attest to the fact the FBI was at the airport on Nov. 6, because I was delivering papers that particular day. (Yes, under the job title […]
I wonder how many folks knew Nov. 19 marked the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Since Lincoln is my all-time favorite president, I celebrate his greatest speech every year at this time. The Gettysburg Address offers the premier example of the dreams and beliefs our founding fathers had in terms of their abhorrence […]