by Jim Stitzel | Feb 16, 2006 | General
Y’know, I think I resent the implication in our culture today that an artistic man must be, at the very least, a closet homosexual. For whatever reason people can’t seem to grasp the notion that even the most masculine men can still be in touch with those...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 14, 2006 | General
Does anyone else get sick of listening to people gossip? Frankly, I’m already a bit sick of listening to the hoohah about Dick Cheney. Similarly, I think it’s both sick and sad how many people get so wrapped up in celebrity tabloids, eating up as much dirt...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 6, 2006 | General
bq. If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying enough attention. That bumper sticker seems to sum up the state of our world these days. Everyone is angry about something. Demonstrations, both violent and peaceful, seem to be cropping up all over the place....
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 1, 2006 | General
Fred Phelps brought his rag-tag band of religious misfits to Lafayette this past Monday to picket the funeral of one our local GIs. I assume you’ve heard of this group from the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church? They certainly have made enough noise at so...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 27, 2006 | General
Have you ever noticed how most people in our culture are uncomfortable with silence? We leave our TVs and radios on, even in rooms that are unoccupied, just so that there is some sort of auditory interest. In conversation gaps and lulls have to be filled with...
