Trans – Across, beyond, through, completeness of change. –Webster’s Third New International Dictionary. Shawn Lyons is good with words. He has to be because he spends the first three months of each year talking to legislators as the lobbyist for the South Dakota...
Hammock — A hanging, easily swung cot or lounge of canvas or netting suspended between two trees or other supports. From the Spanish word hamaca. — American Heritage Dictionary The decline of the hammock in our society is similar to the abandonment of the...
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” — Mark Twain During the GOP debate last Thursday night, I was trying to pay attention to the words used – apart from the...
Arson: the willful or malicious burning of property, such as a building, especially with criminal or fraudulent intent. – Merriam Webster Dictionary It’s painfully clear that the state Department of Investigation should have placed a call to Sam Spade 25 years...
Hero: A man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. Dictionary.com Robert LeDoux is an honest to goodness “hero,” though he says he is not. Just last week, as a Louisiana state trooper lay bleeding on the ground...
Caramel – An amorphous brittle brown and somewhat bitter substance obtained by heating sugar and used as a coloring and flavoring agent. Merriam Webster Dictionary Why do you say it that way, Grandpa? Our grandson was wondering why I said “car-a-mel,” as in,...
