Culture Posts

In preparation for the celebration of our nation's birthday, my wife and I have been watching some documentaries about the early days of our nation’s birth. I am still mulling over some early impressions from these stories. There have alway…

As I've stated many times here and elsewhere, I proudly hail from Appalachia. I was born in Lee County, Kentucky and raised on a farm about 10 miles from the county seat of Beattyville (population of less than 1,000). As the subject of elitism has b…

In a recent conservative radio interview with Representative Jen Kiggans, the host suggested that Representative Hakeem Jeffries keep his “cotton-picking” hands off of the Virginia redistricting fight. Rep. Kiggans laughed and agreed, and has sinc…

I grew up in the 60s and 70s, which was the time of what was called the Second Wave of the Women's Movement. There were women in the news who were marching, shouting, burning bras, writing books, and otherwise doing all they could to draw attention …

On my mother’s side of my genetic tree, I come from a long line of short people. My maternal grandmother did not make it to 5’. Her many siblings, spread over Butler and Muhlenberg counties in Kentucky, never reached over 5’2”. The men were small …

I am 76 years old, and I’ll tell you this. I’ve always loved the 4 of July.  Growing up in a relatively poor family on the Southside of Oklahoma City, it seemed to me that we didn’t have a lot to cheer about.  My parents were children of the great d…

Starting in High School and continuing over the course of my adult life I have attended more than a few Job Fair/Career Expo events. Sometimes as a job seeker and sometimes representing an entity looking to hire. Most have been informative, occasion…

To show I wasn’t just a stuck-in-his-ways-has-been old man, nor a card-carrying luddite, I asked Claude AI to write a few lines about ageism. Here is what Claude said: “Ageism remains one of the most socially accepted forms of discrimination, yet i…

There was a concept presented to me several years ago about what it means to be in crisis. What I learned was that in many cases, a crisis is equal parts danger and opportunity. Sure, there are some not so great things about to happen but if we chan…