AMERICAN IDYLL

Growing up, I believed things were as we were taught, what we saw on TV and in the movies. There were clear lines between right and wrong, even good and bad and your average 10yr old didn’t have any trouble knowing which was which. But I soon learned things were not as they seemed. It was a competitive world, particularly when nobody was looking! The revised lesson was, if you could get away with it and it helped you, do...

S K E T C H AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE EVERYMAN

Lately my friends, including some really good ones, are calling me names in what I guess is their frustration dealing with me and my opinions. We know how dangerous labeling people can be. More times than not it’s just a cheap shot for lack of more vocabulary. Still, in case there’s confusion over who I am/what I believe I’d like to set the record straight and hope this personal profile comports with most of my...