Columnists
RANDY HUFF: Strolling Stones and A Better Way
The stroll I often took in my growing up years recently came to mind. We lived in Ulysses, a farming and light industrial town in far Southwest Kansas. Our...
BOB BROWN: My Mother’s Bed
Prowling memories creep into my awareness. Intuitively, these memory fragments seem significant but they remain...
SCOT BELLAVIA: They’re Not Dumb, They’re Nonverbal
They say if you’ve met one person with autism…then you’ve met one person with autism....
RANDY HUFF: You Don’t Know What’s There Until You Do
I am reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek this year, the 50th year of its publishing....
FRED FIRST: Turning Points of Note From a Season of Change
First night: Middle of April: The sliding doors are open with nothing but the screens to...
DICK BAYNTON: Angels Among Us
Occasionally, this column features the biography of what might be considered a charismatic person. This week, it’s a married couple. She is Carole and...
MIKE KEELER: The Fall of The Great Mosque of al-Nuri
This is about how a symbol rises, tilts, and suddenly falls.
It starts with a man with the epic name of Nur ad-Din Abu al-Qasim...
LUCKY GARVIN: Farewell My Friend
It’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Sabrina and I call this numbering a ‘Snout count.’ Every time our six rescue dobies go outside or...
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Importance of Silence
Is anyone else tired of television news? You cannot turn on a cable news channel without being assaulted with “new” information. The anchor person,...
DICK BAYNTON: The Mathematics of Mismanagement
The United States and its citizens have incurred national debt that is almost $20 trillion. That’s $61,500 each of us owes to holders of...
BARBARA LEACH: Nuisance Critters In The Garden
What is with the rabbits? Is it me, or are they breeding like, well, rabbits? Calls are coming in about what seems like an...
