Sifting through some of my photos from last year, I found a shot that tickled and confused me at the time that I took it, and still does now. I would like to share it with all of you. But first some background: Last summer, I was watching my city's…
It's easy to call Cookie Thorton a madman. No one in his or her right mind would walk into a civilized city council meeting and open fire - we can all agree on that. But by writing this week's shooting in Kirkwood off as the aberrant act of a crazed…
This article, by Ann J. Simonton of Common Dreams recommends that we slow down in order to better appreciate, absorb and enjoy all aspects of life. It isn’t just fast food that reminds us fast is not always better. The frantic pace of everyday life seems to impede our ability…
With the possible spoiler of Mike Huckabee, it's clear that John McCain is set to be the candidate the Democrats need to beat in November. The irony of the ongoing battle between Hillary and Obama is that, policy-wise, they just aren't that different. There were some real differences between the…
It was a bloody night in Kirkwood Missouri tonight. I live about twelve miles from Kirkwood, Missouri, which is normally a peaceful community. At tonight's meeting at the Kirkwood City Hall, however, things would be different. And armed man, apparently a lunatic, barged into the Kirkwood City Council meeting and…