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KSN Anchor Writes His First Blog
Like many of you I’m on the internet constantly. I have read a great many blogs, so I have a general idea of how they work. Most seem to be a mixture of fact, opinion and speculation. I’ll fit in...
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“42″ is important as history, not just baseball
Very seldom in this country has sports history become American history. There are plenty of sports accomplishments that belong in various Halls of Fame, performed by great and not so great athletes...
View ArticleLiberal or conservative
I work in a profession much maligned nowadays and, I think, much misunderstood. Those of who you think journalists are too “liberal” or too “conservative” are not likely to change your mind by what I...
View ArticleJournalism, skepticism and cynicism
The dictionary says a cynic is “a person who believes all others are motivated by selfishness.” The dictionary also says a skeptic is “one who habitually doubts, questions or disagrees.” My feeling has...
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Heroes: Real and imagined
For me the upcoming Superman movie will be basically a way to pass a couple of hours with popcorn and a coke. I watch Batman, Superman and Spiderman only because I’m a movie buff, and those are big...
View ArticleCollege and Really Essential Knowledge
In the wake of the recession and so many college graduates either unemployed or underemployed, some have questioned the value of a college education. It’s a fair subject for discussion, but if colleges...
View ArticleWoods: Best ever? Possibly, but…..
A man once said a difference of opinion is what makes a horse race. A difference of opinion fuels almost every argument you can have in sports, especially arguments over “who is the best ever?” In...
View ArticleEducated versus Informed
I read with interest a list I saw of the most searched for names on the internet last year. Kim Kardashian was number one and Justin Bieber was number two. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the two men who...
View ArticleOf Churchill and Speechmaking
Monday, May 13th, is a significant anniversary, but I doubt it will even be noted in England where it happened. On May 13th, 1940 a man gave a speech before Parliament that would start his tenure as...
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Her name was Mary White
Ninety-two years ago this month a young girl died in Emporia. She was just short of her 17th birthday. Out of her tragic death came one of the great newspaper columns in U.S. history, one that keeps...
View ArticleCan’t we just talk?
First of all, I do own a cell phone. I use it sparingly, but I have one. I’m also on the internet several hours a day, know about twitter (but don’t use it) and actually have a Facebook page (although...
View ArticleClass and professional golf
With the Air Capital Classic this week here in Wichita and the U.S. being contested in suburban Philadelphia , it seems a good time to write about the world’s most frustrating game and the men who play...
View ArticleHappy 2nd of July
We celebrate it as our day of Independence, the day we broke our ties with Great Britain to go out on our own in the community of nations. It took a revolution to back up that act, but 237 years later...
View ArticleJuly 3rd Should Also be Remembered
July 4th is the preeminent July day because of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but July 3rd of 1863 is another July day worth knowing about. On that day some 15,00 Confederate soldiers waited...
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