What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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I recently saw the profile and picture of the new officer with the Haxtun Police Department. A young fellow in his first police gig. I had to dig into my scrapbook to find the newspaper profile from 47 years ago of a 21-year-old me in a small burg with badge 001. There was no 002. In the photo it’s obvious my armament is a Smith & Wesson revolver with 12 spare cartridges in loops on the gun belt. Today’s Glock guys with three spare mags might laugh, but there was a reloading technique where you could get six out the belt and into the gun alm...
Letter to the Editor, Sam Peckinpah and standoffs. Sam was a prolific filmmaker whose movies were violent, character driven adventures with unsympathetic male leads. Flawed men but strongly principled who had outlived the times they understood. They were hard bitten. They were men of arms. They also understood you can avoid a gunfight if you can manage a good standoff. A good standoff is where you convince the other their win will be too costly, so best you back off with a wry comment. This cleans the slate for both and the right conclusion...
Letter to the editor, I see a parallel to what is happening in our country. We have become Nineveh of book of Jonah fame. Our political system has moved from both sides selling us what their interpretation of center is and we should buy into it. Long story short, the left has sold out we the people to violence and destruction and threats. With a biased often dishonest press, though less violent, the right is not helping to right the course. At all. So, pick your poison? Back to Nineveh, we the people have been blessed with a Jonah who is...
Letter to the Editor, In response to the Letter to the Editor in the Herald dated July 1, where the author states she believes Haxtun was built on love, therefore, the community response must rally behind her, in the name of love and “ask” that a confederate flag being displayed in a window be taken down, I for one do not in any way share her sentiments, and I will not be a conscript in her torches and pitchforks to force physical change on a neighbor. She calls the flag hate while her manifesto symbolic of love. Gee, if that’s not the Sagit...
