A Scrambled Egg of History

Sweeping eyes and ears across the vast picture of the planet immediately conjures up Marven Gaye’s captivating, double-question lyrics easily and melodically-heard in the brain: “What’s Goin’ On? … What’s Goin’ On?” Quick knowledge comes faster and faster. Technology has indeed made the world seem smaller and closer, but really all it has produced is…

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Odom Told ‘Em

In the continuous outpouring of flak and crap on, about, for and against the insane, horrific Iraq debacle there has been a voice, seemingly crying in the wilderness, a voice that should have been heard much, much louder. And the voice has been screaming for awhile. In order to supplement the GI Bill for college,…

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Feelin’ da ole ‘Scooter’ Itch on da Constitution Cha-Cha-Cha

Day after July fourth: Malcontent and hot-under-the collar utterances against a putrid situation. On TV’s History Channel yesterday was a well-produced, though kind of cheesy look at events leading up to the US becoming a viable nation. The recognized starting point of that process was July 4th, 1776, and the story continued until George Washington…

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