Monthly Archives: May 2010

Dedicated to the county’s English teachers: past, present, and future “My bad.” How I hate that expression. With origins in a hip street culture, sayings like that get bandied about by people who should know better. Not long ago I … Continue reading →

I’d had the thought before. My Aunt Imelda (Jean to many) in upstate New York sent me an email that asked a simple question. “Do you ever think of writing a column about the people who literally keep our country … Continue reading →

Writer Tom Poland Gets His Kicks on Highway 76 And the taillights dissolve, in the coming of night … Sensing too well when the journey is done. There is no turning back … – Robert Plant In a way, the … Continue reading →

A rat and a cat. Those were two things my Grandfather Walker would not allow in his house. Well there’s one thing I won’t allow in my house. A politician. That’s why I change the channel when one of those … Continue reading →

An email came my way May 8 from one of you, the readers. It began “As I was reading your last column a thought occurred to me about families. There is a recurring theme in your columns. It is closeness … Continue reading →