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This song and video captures the essence of life as well as any. "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel [Official Music Video] - YouTube

The average life expectancy as recently as 1900 (not 1776) was about 47 years. The average Founding Father at age 43 would have been relatively old in light of these statistics. Other than George Washington, how many Founding Fathers actually took up arms in battle? The Founding Fathers were...

Major league baseball just hasn't been the same since it chose to shun Pete Rose. For 20 years, no player brought more excitement to a game. It's time to do the right thing: put Pete on the HOF eligibility list and restore him to good standing. Pete talks with Greta: Pete Rose on Hall...

On Jan 13th, 1982... Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the icy Potomac River. Passers-by gathered on the riverbank and watched in horror as six survivors struggled for their lives. Lenny Skutnik did more than watch. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXSQ9YGQvOI

Young people tend to be more impulsive. Moreover, many of them feel they have nothing to lose by rioting. Older folks are too wrapped up in their mortgages and jobs to put it all at risk by participating in civil unrest. Of course, there will be old gray-haired instigators behind the scenes...

I am saying it will be young people who spark any coming tumult. If mass demonstrations begin to happen AND an unfortunate overreaction by police or para-military, such as happened at Kent State several decades ago... then it becomes practically unstoppable. With live television coverage...

OWS has the energy of youth. Young people rebel. Middle-aged and older folks tend to stay inside, lock their doors, stock up on ammo and hope for the best.

I've believed the spark would come from the political right, such as the Tea Party. However, you may very well be correct in that it may come from the left with OWS. All the pre-conditions exist for turmoil.

Found a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mev2exb1C0g

Pat Caddell is an astute observer of American politics and an earnest critic of both political parties. The video link below shows Caddell speaking to a group of Texas Republicans this week. It is a warning of where we are headed as a nation. The video runs about 15 minutes and well worth...

These estate taxes are particularly insidious. It will do more to wipe out the thrifty and frugal families than just about anything else. Small family owned businesses face difficult times ahead. My oldest sister's husband recently passed away. He owned a funeral home for 30 years. Small...

There are many valuable lessons to be learned from incidents like this one. It's in the news and being discussed. This story will spur some parents to talk with their children about substance abuse and its consequences. Sadly, young Mr. Paul now has a criminal record which will haunt him from...

This panel discussion on the McLaughlin Group is typical of the argument going around recently. According to Pat Buchanan, "There would be a revolution" if the government tried to outlaw the private ownership of guns. I agree. video: Freedom's Lighthouse » Pat Buchanan: “There would be a...

I am familiar with the quote, its meaning and origin. I first read the quote several decades ago in junior high school.

It's a pretty safe bet there won't be a repeat of this incident. Intervention time. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/rand-pauls-son-arrested-report-says-85819.html What? This kid is drunk at 10:49am? It's a very short flight from Lexington to Charlotte. As a non-drinker I don't...

We speak an eccentric variation of English in Appalachia.

Breakfast in Mom's kitchen(1966). A 5 year-old aristotle gets an early indoctrination into conservative philosophy from my Dad( center) and 19 year-old brother Jake who is home on military leave before deploying to Thailand. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0026_zps8779ccce.jpg

This is a photo of my Dad( standing on right) in 1970 at age 50. Uncle Roland on left. This is the image I remember of my Dad from that era as I was about 9 years old at the time. In the 1970's, my Uncle Roland owned a car dealership while my Dad had sold his independent mining operations to...

Wonderful! After WW2, my Dad didn't return to teaching. Instead, he began a 35-year career in the coal industry which paid much better than teaching.

200 years of a family living on the same plot of ground instills a strong sense of place. My wife knows my final resting place is the family cemetery there. No exceptions.