Faces & Places

“But even democracies like ours are rife with corruption. The founding fathers had the right idea. They never envisioned professional politicians.They wanted citizen legislators, leaving their farms for a few years to serve their fellow man. A civic responsibility like jury duty.

Sonora: The city with a cave

I’ve done a lot of interviews in Sonora, the county seat of Sutton County. I’ve done some historical reports on the city’s first electricity, first water and first icehouse.

A brief bit about bonds and budgets

Rare is it that I find myself writing about each of the headlines in a single edition of the DMC, but with somewhere around 30 million of your tax dollars wrapped up in the stories shared this week, I felt it was more prudent to attempt to impart more advice than opinion this week.

2 Cents Worth

Grab you a glass of tea and visit with me awhile, it's Monday morning, it's going to be hot again so let's just set awhile and visit!!!

Faces & Places

GRUBEN“I'm tired of the news. I'm tired of the way it makes things spectacular that aren't, and deals so simplistically with what's truly appalling. I'm tired of the vitriol. I'm tired of anger. I'm tired of the meanness. I'm tired of selfishness. I'm tired of how we're doing nothing to stop it.

Words and Sounds

I started my newspaper column thirtyeight years ago. This is column number 1955. I started it because the editor and publisher of the Big Spring Herald came to my office and said: “You’ve got a lot of good information about Texas on your radio program and you need to share it with our readers.

Carol's Kitchen

CHOCOLATE DREAM PIEOne Pie shell baked Heat 2 small packages of chocolate pie mix according to directions on the box Stir in milk chocolate morsels Pour the mixture in the baked pie shell chill until set. Serve with cool whip Enjoy

Fear, the lime, and the coconut

For the past few weeks, I have been editorializing massively oversimplified perspectives about the motivating factor of fear and how it plays into the decisions we make at the ballot box and into those the officials we elect make when voting on our future.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends who read my column, sure is hot in Aspermont after being so cool in Kentucky. It rained on us every day, it might have been just a shower but it was rain. Joe and Buzz worked all week, cutting trees down and trimming them up.

Downstairs at the Barfield

The Barfield Hotel in Amarillo has a speakeasy that dates back to the 1920s. It was known then as the Paramount Recreation Club. To get to it, you follow the six-shooter and bullet trail to the basement and go to a cigarette machine.