The Re-Con
Drawing out the long rope of history that swings from the black limbs
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“The powers that be are not just…”
The Re-Con
The Coronavirus: fear, faith, and reminders from home
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God helps those who know themselves for what we are
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale VII – Uncle Billy’s Tale: the road map to an ill-gained bounty of buried treasure under Lake Falcon
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Dr. Norman Baker’s border radio station racked up profits in bogus weight loss and cancer cures
Decameron Tale VI – Chief Seattle and Ted Perry’s Tale
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It’s the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. How’s the planet done in the last half century?
The Border Wall question used to be: “Will it solve immigration and drug issues?” That’s not the question any more. It’s: “How do I get re-elected?”
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Steve LaMantia on signing conditional Right of Entry
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale IV – The Timothy Leary trial put Laredo on the map in 1966: the world had come to town
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The trial took five days, the verdict 15 minutes
The Re-Con
The Quick and the Dead: before breathing became dangerous
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COVID-19: the new arbiter for life or death
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale III – Larry’s tale: the buzzards for the filming of McMurtry’s Hud in Amarillo were Laredo zopilotes
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The imported buzzards were wired to the tree branches, tried to fly away, and dangled upside down
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale II: The short, unhappy life of my self-inflicted mullet
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One of the falling dominos in this disaster was the image of Rod Stewart rocking one of the first mullets