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February 19, 2016 89-year-old Nell Harper Lee has died. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the beloved Pulizter Prize classic of literature, was her only book. A couple of years ago, her lawyer dug up some old writing and shoved it together … Continue reading →

February 16, 2016 My friend Ken Burch died just before Christmas. His wife Kathy is one of my closest pals, so close that she could, if she chose, write about my secrets and expose just how damaged I really am. … Continue reading →

February 14, 2016 Scali-a, I just met a judge named Scalia; . . ./ You died while shooting game; we’ll never be the same again; Scali-a, Al Gore kissed the ass of Scali-a/Your belly oh so round, your judgments so unsound to … Continue reading →

February 11, 2016 There is just enough lace on the ground, darker grasses poking through and bending in breezes. And there is pepper liberally sprinkled on the cornfield, a thousand blackbirds gobbling up the last grain. One hunter glides over … Continue reading →

February 6, 2016 “The Colossus of Roads” The sky was washed blue and tree bark stage-lit brown and the remnants of the winter flood—driftwood, and dirty rock and straw—baked and decomposed. This was enough beauty for a four mile jaunt. … Continue reading →

February 4, 2016 Officials in Bolinas, California are reporting that coyotes are confronting motorists on local highways, blocking the roads and acting seemingly unafraid. The coyotes sit and stare, according to witnesses; then they trot around the cars and sniff … Continue reading →

January 21, 2016 Dear Sarah Palin, It has been tough sledding for the Obamacare Death Panel ever since you revealed our existence several years ago. Why, senior citizens started getting in shape, taking conceal carry gun training, running in 5K … Continue reading →

January 20, 2016 According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch (no, I’m not joking), Senator Ted Cruz has a TV commercial coming out for this weekend’s NFL games. The Tedster is shown in a Louisiana duck blind, his face smeared … Continue reading →

January 19, 2016 “The Revenant,” based on the true story of Hugh Glass, an 1820’s tracker and hunter in the Northwest Territory, is a frightening yet uplifting and visually stunning film by director Alejandro Inarritu, another masterpiece for the artist … Continue reading →

January 12, 2016 To Commander in Chief Barack Obama: Sir, please call out our troops and oust those crackers disguised as cowboys, the Naïve Americans, from the Oregon facility. If they feel the need to go down with guns blazing, … Continue reading →