Opinion


Political Ponderings: The Bill of (Some) Rights (for Some People)
The Republican party has long prided itself as a champion for the Bill of Rights, as well as for Constitutional textualism. Eight months into the second Trump administration, how's that going?

Robin Writes: PAPER CLUTTER CRISIS
By Robin Garrison Leach I copied an article from a magazine a few weeks ago. It’s here somewhere… Anyway, the article warned that we are… Login to continue reading Login…

Robin Writes: The Crying Chair
By Robin Garrison Leach The stool sits in the corner of our kitchen, where it’s been for over 30 years. It is 70’s ‘shag carpeting’… Login to continue reading Login…

Robin Writes: The music of words
I grew up singing hymns—church songs, as we called them—and I’m convincedthe words they taught me impacted my life in ways far beyond the messages… Login to continue reading Login…

Robin Writes: The Music Of Words
By Robin Garrison Leach I grew up singing hymns—church songs, as we called them—and I’m convinced the words they taught me impacted my life in ways far beyond the messages…

Robin Writes:
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! By Robin Garrison Leach Long before the days of Facebook and other platforms, all the latest gadgets, doo-dads, and must-have products… Login to continue reading Login…

Robin Writes: A Can Can Be Anything
By Robin Garrison Leach National Tin Can Day was a couple weeks ago. I missed it, along with most of the world, I would imagine. But the occasion got me…

Robin Writes: Waiting for the Prize Patrol
My young daughter and I were not sports fans. But every winter we counted the days until the Super Bowl. It wasn’t for football. We… Login to continue reading Login…

The shoe shop
Out of the blue, a high school friend who was working at the Centralia Fireside Guard, called him and said, "There's something in Centralia that you need to check out." Steve Albert had just left his job at a failing shoe factory and thought the least he could do was make the drive and visit his friend. When he pulled into town, Steve had no plans to move to Centralia.