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Skunk Hollow
I've had it with them!
Rating presidential candidates with the Cruger rating system
Dust, danger, death
Three soldiers in Iraq
Admit it!
Why and when we should get out of Iraq
The story of a New York family moving to a small California town.
3/19/2007
3/12/2007
3/5/2007
Three Days in March
Peace and the march out of Iraq
2/26/2007
2/19/2007
2/12/2007
2/5/2007
God Bless the five Nations!
The dividing of the United States
On being a kid: then and now
Do kids have more fun today?
"Platoon - vote!"
A Change in thinking
The President's new plan for Iraq
It's time for an answer
1/22/2007
Etiquette and rules of conduct
Is it so hard to have manners?
1/15/2007
1/8/2007
1/1/2007
I miss some things...
Memories of things that were good
The Cave and Osama
The meeting inside Osama's cave
01/29/2007
4/9/2007
Alfred and Don
Hawaii legends Don Ho and Alfred Apaka
4/20/2007
Sons of Baghdad
Living in the shadow of death
4/30/2007
Women of courage
The humble heroines
5/6/2007
Shifting thoughts
5/10/2007
What to do about Iraq?
The Cabin and Mr. Johnson
5/20/2007
Getting back to Basics - and people
Bats, balls and kids
5/27/2007
Vacant lots and Baseball games
Maybe I'm getting dumber!
6/4/2007
An aversion to those $%$%@#ing
Instruction booklets
The huddled masses
6/10/2007
Break the law - pay The price!
6/17/2007 - Originally ran 7/4/2005
Rip Van Cruger
Rip wakes up to modern times
Things on my mind
6/24/2007
A variety of subjects to ponder
The summer of '52
6/30/2007
The last days of innocence
Lady on the bench
7/8/2007
Living on the streets of La Jolla
What a country!
7/12/2007
The miracle of the United States
Needed: New words
7/22/2006 - Originally ran 1/30/2006
New dirty words
God bless the five Nations!
7/29/2007 - Originally ran 10/2/2006
The dividing of the United States
Barry ain't the "Babe!"
8/5/2007
The Sultan of Swat was one of a kind
Just once...
8/12/2007
Am I asking too much?
Liberal or Conservative
8/19/2007
Finding out what I am
Words I'd love to hear
8/26/2007
Even if I only heard them once!
The Candidate
3/26/2007
A Presidential candidate speaks out - a fantasy
Another Viewpoint
3/31/2007
Ron's friend offers his version of a direction for the war in Iraq.
In 5 years - what?
Asking for your thoughts and predictions for 2012
The Iraq scenarios
How the story line may evolve in Iraq
4/16/2007
Behind the scenes
9/1/2007
Things we never see
And probably don't want to
(More) Words I'd love to hear
9/16/2007
If only they would have
Leveled with us
Exercise, sweat and good health
9/23/2007
What's happening to our children?
The "Gunner"
9/30/2007
Semper Fidelis is more
than a Marine slogan
Law and order, cough, cough!
10/06/2007
Clearing our streets of crime
A breed of heroes
10/14/2007
They fought to preserve our freedom
They're on the road with us
10/21/2007
If you think you're safe -
Think again!
When the winds came
10/28/2007
The wrath of the
winds fell on us
The front door key
10/24/2007
We take so much for granted
My name is Joe
11/4/2007
A story of the cold streets
More things I'd like to
hear them say
11/11/2007
We could use some more honesty
The strange demise of
Warren T.
11/18/2007
The mystery of a life ended too soon
The "Baloney Benders"
11/25/2007
Why do they want the job so badly?
Newscast - December 23, 2027
12/2/2007
Was it a dream or could it happen?
Santa Claus lived
12/9/2007
The man in the red suit came alive
The magic of Christmas
12/15/2007
The shared a special life
changing morning
Remnant or Re-Birth?
12/26/2007
We can't let newspapers die
The uncommon death of a common man
12/31/2007
Are we all responsible when
death calls a friend?
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