Morris: Air Travel
Air Travel Is Back to Normal: Awful by Leo Morris (Somewhere outside of Wimberley, Tex.) – I’m sitting on the deck at the Roadrunner Ranch, my brother’s place in Hill Country, Texas. The good news is that real life still exists outside of the bitter political divide that seems to loom over everything these days, where Read the full article…
Menge: Holcomb Welcomes First of 5,000 Aghans
by Margaret Menge Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said recently that he wants to help Afghan refugees coming to southern Indiana to resettle in the state and get jobs in Indiana. “I can’t tell you how many businesses have said, when can I start hiring?” Holcomb said at a news conference Sept. 1. News had broken earlier that Read the full article…
The Outstater
Words: Jot Them Down Quick Before They Disappear “Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, there’s no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It’s merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.” — Syme of the Ministry Read the full article…
Morris: Natives and Newcomers
Can you tell from the following three summaries which groups of Americans are being described? Two million of them flooded into this country in the space of a few years. Followers of “an alien religion,” they were also poor and uneducated, and it was feared they would both strain welfare systems and take over all Read the full article…
The Outstater
THE PHRASE “Going to Hell in a hand basket” dates to the Gold Rush. It refers to men being hand-lowered in baskets down mining shafts to set dynamite. That’s what it feels like these days, and some of us have had enough. We’ve read the analyses of how America is failing. We all see the signs. The question is what we’re Read the full article…
Kubul: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
by Mark Franke Yogi Berra, whom I consider the 20th century’s pithiest philosopher, once reputedly said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Unfortunately much of what Yogi is credited with saying he never actually said, at least if you believe what Yogi himself claims in the several books published about those very quotes. He’s too modest. If Read the full article…
