When I was a kid there was a popular series of television commercials for margarine that ended with the words, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” followed by dramatic thunder and lightning triggered by […]
With all the turmoil surrounding the Meeker Adventure Center, I think I’ve stumbled across an alternative that might appeal to everyone. Well, everyone who craves the beach during our nine months of winter. Which is […]
I’m waiting for permission from the Daily Sentinel to share an article about Savannah Edinger, who has lots of Meeker connections, and her recovery from a traumatic accident on I-70 that left her with serious […]
When I was little, I hated the nightly news, and much preferred the comics section to the front page in the newspaper. I was a kid, that’s how it’s supposed to be. News—real news—isn’t entertainment. It’s […]
Most days I walk to and from the office. Traffic is usually a moot point, but Tuesday there was traffic. I started to cross the street at a stop sign only to have oncoming traffic […]
Why is the Declaration of Independence sprawled across our front page this week? Because before the fireworks and the barbecues and the parades and the flag waving, 56 rebels (that’s not very many people, when […]
I had an interesting conversation with a radio producer from Salt Lake City this week. He’s interested in getting people to talk about the chasm dividing Americans over political ideologies and why we can’t just […]
Being a weekly newspaper in a world of instant information will try your patience. By the time the paper goes to print, a big chunk of the news stories and photos for the week have […]
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” —Touchstone, in As You Like It by William Shakespeare. In the 1990s two Cornell scientists were inspired by […]
Being in business for yourself is eye-opening. It’s not just getting up and going to work every day without any incentives (e.g. no benefits, no sick days, no paid vacations). It’s scrabbling through your check […]
It’s an old saying that can be traced back to Persian poets. Abraham Lincoln, prior to becoming America’s 16th president, used it in a speech: “It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise […]
There’s been a lot of talk about tourism in the last few months. How can we attract people to our communities? What will make day trippers and weekend travelers and long-term guests come visit? We’ve […]
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