[April 26, 2024] Titled Essential Etiquette for Young Men, Brett & Kate McKay feature a website devoted to improving the lives of men. Their works have helped many over the years, and I wanted to highlight their thinking on manhood. I had envisioned writing my own “Advice for Young Men” in the same way Brett & Kate wrote… Read More »
[April 22, 2024] In my recent exploration of advice for young men, I discovered a good deal worth sharing. The latest comes from Manly & Modern, a site dedicated to helping young men improve productivity, thought patterns, and habits. They give relationship advice, social tips, career and finance guidance, and workout content. We will find many similarities to… Read More »
[April 21, 2024] From the shoreline of the Toledo Bend Reservoir, I could see my Mom clapping her hands over her head. After a dozen or so tries, I’d finally got up on my skis and had completed another right of passage for a southern boy: water skiing. Mom was pleased. I did feel pretty good that I… Read More »
[April 19, 2024] Dr. Jordan Peterson was recently asked by his daughter Mikhaila what advice he would give to young men. Those familiar with Dr. Peterson know that he is a man who can cut to the heart of a problem quickly, and he does so with his answers to this question. My initial thought was, what would… Read More »
[April 18, 2024] His face was wrinkled and tanned; he was thin, of medium height, with blue eyes and thinning gray hair, and wearing thick glasses. Douglas James Satterfield sat in his favorite chair overlooking the front of his farmhouse, smoking an unfiltered Camel cigarette. His farm was located south of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, near the Arkansas River. … Read More »
[April 16, 2024] Sometimes being lucky works. I recently discovered a social media site called REDUXX: Feminist News and Opinion. Their media was launched in January 2022 to create a pro-woman, pro-child safeguarding platform that provides “quality news and opinion on the stories the mainstream media ignores.” That got my attention. As I’ve written many times, the media… Read More »
[April 14, 2024] Yesterday, a small group of local volunteers spent the morning repairing the fencing of an old Civil War cemetery. Buried there are veterans of the 25th Regiment Colored Troops and, it is believed, members of their families. Although I wrote about my discovery of the cemetery, its location is at a busy intersection and is… Read More »
[April 11, 2024] In the early 1960s, the American economy was not doing as well as one might believe. Things were tough; the baby boomer generation was everywhere, and although jobs were plentiful, they paid almost nothing. For a kid looking to earn some money, forget it. We had to compete with adults looking for work, and potential… Read More »
[April 10, 2024] I was behind on the count at bat with two strikes and zero balls. It was also the bottom of the ninth inning, and my team was behind one run with my teammate at the hot corner, third base and potentially the tying run. On my Little League baseball team, we called this being in… Read More »
[April 7, 2024] I was recently asked to give a sermon to a church congregation near my home. This is one thing I’ve never done: give a religious sermon. What follows is my message, and although the following is in narrative form, I only used this as a notes. I think it is better to speak by looking… Read More »