A Lark with a Loon
On North Arm Bay of Lake Minnetonka, Rob sits on the edge of a dock. As the sun sets, Leila the Loon effortlessly floats up.
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Opinion
Glorified babysitter pay …
We are entering a dangerous time in our society when people with knowledge and experience are largely ignored and people with no experience are revered. Suddenly it seems everyone in the world is an expert and anyone with an opinion feels they are an authority.
Read MoreGlorified babysitter pay …Democrats release RAISE Act to help teachers
Arkansas House and Senate Democrats released a plan today to raise teacher salaries by $4,000 and raise the minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $42,000. The Raising Arkansas’s Investment in Schools and Educators (RAISE) Act would use $600 million from the estimated $1.6 billion surplus to create a fund that will allow the raises to be indefinitely sustainable based on current projections. Democrats urged Governor Asa Hutchinson to include their proposed legislation in the August special session so that teachers can get a raise now.
Read MoreDemocrats release RAISE Act to help teachersMy Mom Had an Alias
Actually, she had several. Mom, Mama, and, when my teenage-self was sure she was about to embarrass me, the familiar “Mother!”, with the accompanying eye roll so familiar to many parents.
Read MoreMy Mom Had an AliasDressed to Grill
In hip hop culture, a grill is dental jewelry for inside your mouth so your teeth can sparkle with gold or diamonds. In a car, a grille covers an opening in the body of a vehicle to allow air flow. If someone is up in your grill, they are confrontational. If you’re getting grilled, someone’s asking you a lot of intense questions.
Read MoreDressed to GrillBig Tech is Steamrolling America’s Newspapers
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy.
Read MoreBig Tech is Steamrolling America’s NewspapersLeaving the bunker better than you found it
Golf is the simple, yet complex, game of gentlemen. It is a game of respect and sportsmanship; a civilized sport played with propriety.
Read MoreLeaving the bunker better than you found itSome Like it Hot
It’s hot out there. Real hot. How hot? Well, it’s since the 1980’s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one. And, since there’s not a big concerted push to do much about it, you should expect the trend to continue. It’s going to be hot. Smoking hot. Like the end of “Raiders of the Lost Arc” where the guy’s face melts off
Read MoreSome Like it HotPiano Successes, Failures, and Bringing In the Sheaves
My sister is an incredibly talented pianist. She started taking piano lessons when she was in first grade (before I was born, I might add).
Read MorePiano Successes, Failures, and Bringing In the SheavesBuffalo National River Bureaucracy
2022 is the 50th year anniversary of the establishment of the Buffalo National River. It was hailed as a milestone in the protection of a pristine river by taking it from a state park to a national park with the main effort in halting the river from having a dam put in place. However, as with most federal bureaucracies, they have taken more and more authoritative power to the point of dictating how the state should conduct government affairs outside the boundaries of the national park. They have accomplished this by refusing to publicly acknowledge their own limitations that have been put into place, not only by the National Park Service, but by the federal government as well.
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