Gasoline hit $4.499 a gallon in late spring 2008, and when it did Lea and I started talking about a small car. I was commuting in a 2002 F-150 SuperCrew pickup. It reliably swallowed NINETY DOLLARS every eight days. Every time I filled it up, I thanked God for success sufficient to afford it. I … Read more
We’re just through our first tornado outbreak of the season. It was certainly nothing like 2011 in terms of widespread death and destruction, but there are still about three dozen people dead, with considerable property damage. We also have massive flooding on the Gulf, with damage comparable to a hurricane strike in some places. Some … Read more
When we start talking about animals, our relationships with them, and our responsibilities to them, then factory farming is eventually going to use up a lot of the oxygen in the room. Guess we better start talking about that. Remember, I’m not an “animal rights” guy in the way you thought of when I used … Read more