New Orleans Phil Allen, Jr. is younger than I am, but he was quick to agree with me when we were talking about Darnella Frazier and her fast phone fingers in Minneapolis. She’s the young woman, now widely recognized, including with a Pulitzer Prize, who had the presence of mind and the dexterity …
Beware Business on the Ballot: Marijuana and Lotteries
Marble Falls In nineteen states and the District of Columbia, recreational marijuana has been legalized. Another five states have the issue on the ballot during the midterms: Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota. You’d think that if you added all of that up, it would look like half of the United …
Words Do Breed Violence
Marble Falls We’ve all heard the expression and many of us have dutifully passed it on to our children and others that “sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” It’s a rhyme that works with children, because they are too young to know better. The rest of …


