Opinion

Sam Clovis is clear on his campaign website.

Congress took one big step toward renewing the wind energy tax credit last week, and congressional insiders say a big potential obstacle is likely to be cleared away in the next couple of months.

My wife and I used to have a cat.

Now we have a 5-year-old son.

There are pros and cons to each.

One sheds decidedly less than the other.

This Friday, I’m giving a talk on “Telling Our Stories” at the monthly meeting of the Greene County Historical Society.

The West Tennessean walked tall. And he spoke in a manner one would expect from the curator of so many things associated with the famous 1973 movie based on tall-walking Sheriff Buford Pusser.

The membership in Iowa’s congressional delegation has been largely stable over the years, a seat changing hands here or there, but the same faces often returning for long stints in office.

1. It is pure narcissism, an insult to God Himself, to indulge in any self-pity over aging.
In Sierra Leone, the life expectancy for a male is only 39 years.

Anyone who overheard my wife and I Saturday night at the Greene County Cattlemen’s Association banquet no doubt could sense we don’t get out much.