Opinion
Seems we didn’t see what we saw, or so say the gaslighters | Whale
Like others lately, I have been avidly following the Jan. 6 Committee’s hearings into the attack on the…
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So much in me, good and bad, I trace back to my old man | Whale’s Tales
This Sunday, like many folks across this nation will do and each in their own way, I will…
Opinion
The search for common ground in our national gun conversation | Whale
Late last month, a small Texas city joined an ever-expanding list of cities and sites that none of…
Opinion
The frustrating clash between reality and conspiracies | Whale
I have thinking lately about goofy, patently absurd notions.
Opinion
Roe v. Wade and the road we have been down before | Whale’s Tales
I have been thinking a lot lately about the Prohibition Era in the United States and the fiery,…
Opinion
Here’s a theory on why people embrace all those crazy theories | Whale’s Tales
Not so long ago, one could have called me a dyed-in-the-wool, hard-core skeptic about cryptids.
Opinion
Never miss a chance to treasure your mama | Whale’s Tales
With the approach of Mother’s Day, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my own mother, gone 16…
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Could we pull together like the Ukrainians are doing? | Whale’s Tales
The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there.
Opinion
Music at the intersection of past and present | Whale
It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have…
Opinion
Watching the social media and cable news train wreck | Whale
To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.
Opinion
Writer goes on a tear about flabby language | Whale
Those who know me know me know I’m a bit of a stickler about language.
Opinion
The growing disconnect between public servants and the press | Whale
As one small part of the often derided “legacy media,” I am aware that what I am about…
Opinion
My bold New Year’s resolutions – late, as usual | Whale
I was born late — exactly three weeks — despite my mother’s earnest efforts to speed the process…