Loose Ends: Casual Conversations

Writing a regular column that appears each week on the op/ed page of a weekly newspaper can be a challenge. Coming up with ideas isn’t the problem, filling the space with a timely, well-written, piece can be difficult. This column started years ago, at the request of my editor, K. James Cook, or Big Jim as he was known by those of us who worked with him each week. For more than 10 years Loose…