I had an interesting lesson in politically correct terminology recently. I’ve been aware of several inoffensive words since the 1990s, but thi…
While on the morning show with Johnny K recently, he was talking about how when people are out four-wheeling or on snow machines, sometimes th…
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My job was grazing horses when we packed to Yellowstone. I was ten years old but brave enough to graze them all alone.
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I think a lot about life.
Most of us know the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus introduces the prayer by saying, “This then is how you should pray . . . forgive us our debts as we f…
I woke up late this morning, ‘bout an hour past daylight. I turned the propane stove up high to warm the winter’s bite.
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John Rutledge of South Carolina, a founding era titan who held virtually every important political office and judicial post from the pre-Revol…
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I remember eleven years ago being asked to write words for my college roommate’s 70th birthday in Clinton, Iowa. Here my words. “Dick, you are…
There’s a fine line between learning from the mistakes of others and shaming people for their ignorance.
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