Let me get this out there first thing: I’m a flaming patriot, and in spite of my pretense at being a tough guy, I’m a big squish. I love acts of bravery, whether they are in support of our country or to save some one’s life.
Like millions of others, my in-box was flooded with [...]
In this, its 50th year as a state, Alaska is getting more national attention than ever before.
Lately, Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Ted Stevens have become the primary culprits in this new era of awareness and not always for reasons that are flattering to the state.
Just One Opinion is a national website; I’ve written two [...]
Thirty-nine years ago I dragged the California woman I met in the San Francisco Bay Area to Alaska. We joined the adventurous and independent people who preceded us to one of the most fascinating places on earth, and we maintain our primary home there to this day.
Alaska is a land of mystery, and a state [...]
(First published at JustOneOpinion.com on February 5, 2009)
This is a short story. It’s a story full of pain and truth, yet with a happy ending.
In technical terms, getting a new knee is called a “knee arthroplasty.” Currently, almost half a million people in our country have either a knee or a hip replacement every year. [...]
I grew up in a small ranching town in western South Dakota. My consciousness has been impacted by what I was when. It is postulated that most of your life values are formed when you are around nine years old.
I was nine years old in the 1950s, and it was a simple and positive time [...]