What is it about the American Cowboy We Love So Much?
Waylon Jennings warned us first: “Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys, don’t...
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Opinion
Post-Election Etiquette: How to Talk to Your Republican Friends
If you have followed my column here, you know I have been managing cross-partisan relations fairly...
Read More Turning to the Arts During Pandemic Confinement
As we sit here in the ninth month of confinement, I look to what brings a little joy into my life....
Read More Life Lessons from Veterans, Some Manure-Related
Since everyone’s social media feeds have blown up this week with “Thank You for Your Service”...
Read More The best government is the one we keep working on
As I write this, final voting for candidates is tomorrow, so I am penning it before I know the...
Read More A Lifelong Republican Asks What’s Next for the GOP
Demagoguery is the deliberate use of people’s prejudices and fears to manipulate them. Combined...
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Constitution 101: ‘It’s our republic now, if we can keep it’
One of the lines of division between the two political tribes is how the Constitution should be...
Read More Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow—I’m Making Fudge
This is our second snowfall of the season. It was wet and heavy and we really need it. This week I...
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Letters to the Editor
In search of Torrance County residents alive for Trinity test Were you alive in 1945 and living in...
Read More When the Lion and the Mouse Are One and the Same
Americans are truly diverse in our churches, our home styles, and the clubs we choose to volunteer...
Read More Your data, how it’s used in elections, and the homestretch
Election Day is three weeks away and the campaigns are hitting the final stretch. We voters and...
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EDITORIAL: Edgewood businesses, go apply for this grant
This week The Independent filled out a grant application several pages long, hoping, like many...
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