Remember our parents’ warning about getting what we ask for coming back to bite us in our backsides? Even if we don’t, life has a way of making us realize what our parents warned about was an eternal truth. In my life, it’s more than just that single truth to be careful about as I’ve […]
Those of you who know me know I end up in too many conversations that take up entirely too much of my time and attention. When I’m honest, I realize that’s a bad thing — whether I began the conversation, jumped into someone else’s conversation or was invited into a conversation. We also know where […]
If our last school board election taught us one thing — on either side of the political spectrum — there are myriad problems within Mesa County School District 51. While it’s obvious each side has its peculiar sets of concerns and won’t agree how things should be done to alleviate and eliminate (politically) those problems, […]
If there’s a set of two-word, federal and state governing ways of doing business, it should be these two in the headline for this column. In fact, one of these has become the only allowed way government now controls the confiscation and waste of our hard-earned dollars. The other is becoming the way government controls […]
Wait, what? That’s a favorite saying my buddy Clark and I recite. It usually comes out when something obvious is stated that was being ignored or when either of us says or does something completely, well, nonsensical. You’d think calling for New Year’s resolutions in February seems kinda illogical on my part. But is it? […]
My mind works in mysterious ways. Otherwise, how could a casual conversation about car insurance take me back to one of the banes of my existence? Yet, somehow I end up at the National Football League and its instant replay rules. Before all you absolute, boycotting crazies start in on me, please note I’m not […]
Because when push comes to shove — and it’s always some type of force when it comes to government — that’s exactly what we’re living under now. Because once you strip away every bureaucrat and elected know-it-all from the mandates, laws and power grabs by politicos, who is at the core of every decision in […]
Holiday wishes will appear. But not until after I address a personal issue that arose after my column was published in the last issue. I got a call from a friend about cancelling his subscription. Granted, his subscription was ending at the end of the year. One way or the other, the timing was perfect […]
And with each passing day related to COVID-19, I have more and more questions. Perhaps it’s time to start asking them directly in some way, shape or form. After all, I’ve spent 20 years as the Michael Corleone of the media mob. You know, a member of the family, but a citizen. So conversations with […]
If you’re a fan of the movie “The Parent Trap,” I bet you just sang that little ditty. And whether it’s Haley Mills or Lindsey Lohan singing, the image in your head was innocent, happy and just darned cute. Just like most of America used to be before all the pandemic panic for the past […]