Why I'd Rather Be Farming

Each spring right after my garden beds thaw, little green spears of garlic poke through the leaf mulch. The warmth awakens my compost and the smell begins to draw the neighbors’ ire. I love it: to me it’s the smell of sedition. By producing some of my food...

Jihadihoma!

I missed being born in Oklahoma by, give or take, a mile. Thank heavens. Because what would I do now that the turbaned jihadis are a heartbeat from imposing Sharia law on the fair hills of OK? It may seem fairly absurd that Oklahomans have passed a law banning judges...

The Trash Fee Chronicles

Is there an issue that has proven more useful to Springfield politicians in recent years than the dread trash fee? To recap: in 2006, the Finance Control Board instituted a $90 annual fee for curbside trash pick-up, in an effort to plug up serious budget shortfalls in...