Tuscaloosa Alabama in the early 90s. Six of us, me, Major, Gary, and our girlfriends, went out for dinner and dancin' on a Saturday night. We were Continue Reading
Crimson Tied Paragear
A Warrior’s Tirade: The Price of Identity Politics
Shouldn't come as much of a surprise how far-ranging my natural habitat is. My first 35 years were military/conservative, and I've since picked up Continue Reading
Accidental Success Still Means Putting in the Work
I was the worst little leaguer in the history of ever. My poor coach was thrilled beyond reason when I started because I was his first southpaw. He Continue Reading
National POW Remembrance Day: A Promise Made, a Promise Kept
Friday was National POW Remembrance Day. I've been wearing Sergeant Wallace's bracelet for 52 years. I bought it on Okinawa back in '69, when I was 8. Continue Reading
I’m Not Being Pulled to the Right, I’m Being Pushed by Left
Yeah, ok, that's it. That's gonna 'bout do it for me. For more than 30 years I've believed - seriously, no exaggeration truly believed to my CORE - Continue Reading
Subsidizing the Price of College… and Votes
I was accepted to every school I wanted to go to after high school. Almost went, but I decided I didn't want that kind of debt chasing me for years. A Continue Reading
“Be a Man Jeffy”: Social Justice Warrior Parenting
A girlfriend I had years ago gave me a heads up about her sister the day I was going to meet her. "She got out of a long term abusive relationship a Continue Reading
“Social Justice”: A Euphemism for Racism and Discrimination
I was taught to treat you, and you, and you, and, yeah, even you way over in the corner there, as individuals. I believe in that to my core. I'll Continue Reading
There are Rules for a Reason
We did a show where an outlaw gets shot clean off his horse, but gets hung up in his rope and drug off the set. First time I did that one I played one Continue Reading
You Cannot Stomp the Light into Anyone
You'll never bully anyone into changing. You cannot stomp The Light into anyone. They have to want it. You know the phrase, "be the change you want to Continue Reading
Barroom Psy-Ops Turn Enemies Into Allies by “Hiding All the Strings”
I've been working the doors and the floors of bars in the Deep South and the west since the first term of the Reagan administration. And I've come up Continue Reading
The Beautiful Tragedy That Became #MeToo
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 13, 2020. There's a particular segment of the entertainment/political community that had it set deep Continue Reading