Ambition: “A dream without ambition is like a car without gas. It’s not going anywhere.” – Sean Hampton, American actor. As predicted, the Aberdeen runner was way ahead and had lapped many in the field as he breezed to the finish line. Clearly, Aaron Ryan was no...
Old Man Winter: “A personification of winter. The name is a colloquialism for the winter season derived from ancient Greek mythology and Old World pagan beliefs evolving into modern characters in both literature and popular culture.” — Wikipedia Now that...
H-2B visa: A program permitting employers to hire foreign workers temporarily and perform nonagricultural services or labor on a one-time, seasonal, peakload or intermittent basis. — Wikipedia “Fill it up and check the oil.” It was the most common order ever...
Hemp: Hemp, or industrial hemp, typically found in the northern hemisphere, is a variety of the cannabis sativa plant species that is grown specifically for the industrial uses of its derived products. — Wikipedia Some of the best conversations take place...
Redacted: To put into suitable literary form; revise, edit. To hide or remove (confidential parts of a text) before publication or distribution. – Dictionary.com During my time as a court and cops reporter for the Brookings Register in the 1970s, I rarely came...
Taxation: “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” — Thomas Jefferson The sign along I-90 quotes Romans 6:23: “The wages of sin is death.” And then there is the clever retort by...
