This week I’ve thought a lot about the story of the unstrung bow. According to a Greek legend, a man once laughed at the famed fable-maker Aesop as he was
Without much effort, I think I could become a hermit. It’s January, and there are days when I would like to vanish from the landscape, lay on the couch until
Dear Rusty: I’ve been trying to determine the best way to proceed with retirement and could use some help. I’d like to retire on or about my 62nd birthday this
For only the third time in the history of the United States of America, a president has been impeached by the House of Representatives of the United States. This is
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they were “stepping back” from their duties as senior royals, it triggered a number of interesting reactions on this side of the
More than 38 million Americans are living in poverty, according to the latest U.S. Census data. That’s just under 12% of the population. Not exactly what President Lyndon Johnson had
It comes as no surprise that the Louisiana Rural Water Association came up dry in its latest attempt to get reliable data about how much unaccounted-for water is pumped out
I just can’t help it. Even though we’re almost three weeks into the new year, I can’t quit thinking about the implications of what 2020 means to those of us
Q: Our 10-year-old granddaughter lives with us. We have custody of her but her father, our son, is now asking us for visitation privileges. I probably don’t need to tell