Jack Burns Lives!

Once again I’ve lived to see another Vernal Equinox. Assuming I live until tomorrow, I guess. I’ve survived cycling on bustling city streets, driving on interstates that resemble NASCAR races, flying in airplanes, Directors meetings and the mind-bloggling blunders of George Bush and the cadre of power hungry moguls that run the affairs of [...]

Beware the Ides of March.
Today’s NY Times reports a Depression era like run on the bank at Bear Stearns. JP Morgan Chase and The Fed step in and stop it, but how many others can they possibly save?
Is this an isolated incident or a harbinger of things to come?
In this particular incident, JPMorgan will [...]

Edward Abbey died on this day in 1989, but his message and relevance did not. Great art, music, architecture, craftsmanship and literature stand the test of time, and to date, the words of the bard have stood that test. Perhaps those words are even more relevant today as when they were written.
When considering the [...]

We don’t get a lot of snow in the Deep South, especially in March, but that’s exactly what happened yesterday when a cold front combined with some southern moisture to create a winter wonderland in old Dixie.
By the time the snow showed up around noon, traffic was already snarled with desperate people racing to schools [...]

This is apparently nothing new, but then again, I don’t hang around Wal-Mart or Exxon.
While traveling to see my daughter this weekend, I was forced to do the unthinkable. Well, not forced, but my poor planning left me with few choices. I had to purchase gas at Wal-Mart.
Cries of astonishment and displeasure from the crowd….food [...]