Browsing the archives for the Opinion category
The schools are so quick to blame the sorry state of education in America on the lack of parental involvement. I say it is baloney, but let’s take it seriously for just a moment. I challenge the educators to tell me exactly what do they want the parents to do differently? What kind of involvement [...]
Lately I find myself on the HD CNN cable channel for my news. I know a lot of people like Fox News. That channel makes me nauseous – they are all exaggerated, slanted toward hysteria and frankly I wonder about the accuracy about a lot of their stories. CNN is often the first, and sometimes [...]
Found one of my old time pals Lucas Blackwood online by total accident, I was doing a search for his name and Technorati brought back some of the blog posts he had done as results with his name as the author, who would have thought I would be able to get back in touch with [...]
Today I had the opportunity to talk to someone who lives in Michigan. Now, I have lived “down south” for many years and I believe I have a very neutral accent. In fact, I really do not want anyone to ever remark on my speech patterns and tell me that I have a southern accent. [...]
I cannot tell you the last time I went to the store and bought a newspaper. I get my news from TV and the internet. The only good thing that comes in the newspaper anymore are the store flyers and coupons over the holidays. Other than that, the Tennessean sucks – almost no actual scoops [...]