Jimmy
Jimmy Carter is viewed by many as the greatest former president in US history. This moniker serves as a tribute to his long life of good works; it also is something of a back-handed compliment suggesting that his presidency...
Treasure
In 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico art dealer Forrest Fenn published the Thrill of the Chase: A Memoir. This collection of short stories about his 80-year life included the description of a treasure chest he had hidden “in the...
All Things Stephen King
Stephen King may be the most prolific writer of our day. He has written dozens of full-length stand-alone novels beginning with Carrie in 1974, a lifetime of short story collections—many published before Carrie—five unique series collections, a handful of...
Tucking Myself in with Stephen King
TNT columnist Jimmy P. Morgan’s reflections on reading a collection of Stephen King short stories while camping alone in the Southwest was one of our most popular stories of the year. With its frision of horror, it was perfect...
The Seasons of History
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George Santayana, 1905 In The Fourth Turning is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End (2023), historian, economist, and...
Gift of Reading VI
In the spirit of the season, I offer a few books that you might consider as a treat to yourself or, as my title suggests, as a gift for others. It is cliché to write that this or that...
Billy the Kid
A conversation with Ryan C. Coleman First-time novelist Ryan C. Coleman has penned an authentic account of the short dramatic life of Billy the Kid—born Henry McCarty, aka William H. Bonney—in Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County...
Keyboard Warriors
Information technology has a way of disrupting and transforming society. The invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century posed a threat to the Church’s monopoly on knowledge and therefore power. An ignorant population is much easier to...
America… We Have a Problem
In this age of misinformation, it has often occurred to me that even the most outrageous lie is often glossed over with the thinnest patina of truth. While rational people have the wherewithal and enough concern to crack through...
Monkey Trial
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” These are the very first words of the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Despite this, there have been those throughout our nation’s history—including...
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