A long time ago I used this space to talk about gun control, and it was one of the most responded to pieces I have had the pleasure of writing for this newspaper. At the time I focused on the rights and wrongs of blaming the weapons themselves for the horrors of modern day mass […]

This is a reminder, a note to make you aware that yet again too many in the great state of Texas are ignoring one of the greatest sports teams in the history of the state, that right now the final chapters of a great story are being written. Blink and you just might miss it. […]

Lately I’ve been through a rough patch that if I’m honest really started three years ago when I left Port Lavaca to return to Chicago, the place of my birth and honestly some place that although I will always love the way you can only love ‘home,’ I wish I never had to return to. […]

Recently there has been debate on the Confederate flag and the legitimacy of it being flown by government entities in the South. My opinions on this subject have been validated as of late, but this is not why I brought it to your attention, humble reader. Now, not wanting to step in the muck being […]

When you get right down to it, the Fourth of July is a birthday really, one that encompasses an entire country and culture. Since all birthdays are a celebration of whatever it is the birthday is for, I am going to abandon my usual slightly skeptical political view point and just go along with the […]