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I Am An American First

We all have labels—words we use to define who we are. I am a writer. I identify with […]

Future in My Hand

There’s a song by Neil Young called “Loose Change,” the refrain of which aptly describes the state of […]

Settle Down Now, Broom

It’s interesting the things you remember about relatives, their quirks and snippets of things they said. My Uncle […]

Civics 101

This article appeared in the March 25, 2015, issue of The Lawrence County Advocate. In the ‘60s and […]

Immigration: Truth and Myths

This article was published in the Lawrence County Advocate on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. On a recent Sunday, […]

Government, More or Less

This op-ed was published in the Wednesday, October 29, 2014, edition of the Lawrence County Advocate. In Wednesday’s […]

Plainspeak for the Masses, Please

This article appeared in the Wednesday, October 9, 2014 edition of the Lawrence County Advocate. It addresses four […]

Staking Out The Moral High Ground?

“Fourth District’s Tea Party majority seems to ignore that DesJarlais is forever in the swamp” Please note: This […]

Oops! They Did It Again

This article appeared in the Wednesday, July 2, 2014, issue of The Lawrence County Advocate with the subheading, Hobby […]