Last year I thought long and hard about what I was most thankful for in my life and what Thanksgiving was to me. If you’re looking for that kind of column, I’ll put the link at the bottom of the story. This year, I realized I’m also thankful for something else. Good ol’ politics. I […]
Category: Opinion
“This just might do nobody any good. “At the end of this discourse, a few people may accuse this reporter of fouling his own comfortable nest, and your organization may be accused of having given hospitality to heretical and even dangerous thoughts… “It is my desire, if not my duty, to try to talk to […]
The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots hoisted the Lombardi Trophy for winning the championship game of the National Football League, 24-21. But if you bet on them, you probably lost. They didn’t cover the spread. Sports gambling is a magical world where one paycheck can be parlayed to pay off […]
There’s no such thing as being too old to trick-or-treat. Now before you run out in your “sexy” Charlie Brown ghost costume and raise Cain in the neighborhood, here’s the plan to make your All Saints Day truly memorable. If you’ve already bought your Halloween stash candy and it’s still October, you’re a fool. There’s no […]
The bus stopped by the Butte County Courthouse last Monday because of a delivery truck out front. As it edged forward, I noticed a sign on the side window of a black Dodge Dakota. A few feet later, I was lined up perfectly across from the SUV right outside my window with the license plate […]
Editor’s Note: Kyle Buis is taking the week off to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Al Capone’s conviction for income tax evasion. Filling in for him will be former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas….kind of. After reading about what a blatantly leftist opinion page you poor college students have to suffer through, I knew […]
Don’t get too comfortable with your classes this semester. Chico State just might be reclaimed by the people who say they had it first. Butte County supervisor Jane Dolan mentioned last Tuesday that the Mechoopda Indian Tribe has the right to take back the land Chico State sits on. She later said it was “hyperbole.” […]
September is still mostly summer. There is no reason on this earth that the flu should be dancing around like this. However, Murphy’s Law says one thing: If something can go wrong, it will. In addition, it happens at the worst possible time. Another important lesson is to never assume because you make an “ass […]
ven though you can’t see, I’m on my knees begging. Please, for the love of God, don’t vote for Ralph Nader. I know he sounds like a great guy, and he made an impact in 2000, but this is the 2004 version and sanity isn’t standard in this model. While Nader was supported by the […]
It didn’t matter that the Panthers couldn’t overcome Favre on Monday night. By the end of the first week of the NFL season, I was already 5-10. That 11th loss was just an extra nail in my coffin. Out of 16 games, I only picked five of the winners. Thanks to my worst week ever, […]