Choices. Everyone makes them every day, and they all have varying consequences depending on the variables of the choices to be made. They permeate our lives from the mundane to the most extreme of decisions, from a healthy salad for lunch or that tasty beef sandwich with everything and extra mayo. The hard part is […]

The last six years or so, I’ve written about Spring in terms of being a time of renewal and re-birth, a time for change and starting over. It’s just a pity that this includes contemplating owning two new brand new smart phones in as many months. Now don’t get me wrong, I think people today […]

Texas is a state proud of its independence and its history, proud of the way it holds onto traditions and also, proud of its sports and the sportsmen that play them. This includes hunting, a pastime that although I fired many a gun in my youth when my father was friends with eighth district Chicago […]

As the years go by I realize I have probably talked about the common themes for each month or season a couple times over in the nearly six years of writing this column, especially when it comes to the holiday ‘season’ of October through February, which allows articles on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and […]

The end of any year is always more about fresh starts and hope more than anything else. Many are coming off the joy of the holiday season and are also thinking ahead to the future. Of course, the tales of New Year’s resolutions that are broken are pure social comedy fodder, they are the punch […]