Musing about current events and personal observations for nearly 20 years, Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk never ceases to entertain the masses with tales of philosophy, parenting and Xena, Warrior Princess. Remember Xena?
I’ve always enjoyed photography, although I haven’t always had the necessary equipment. When I took a photojournalism class in college, I fancied myself a [...]
We all make choices in life. And if our parents raised us right, we learn to accept the circumstances that result from our choices. But if our parents didn’t raise us [...]
Scientists call them herpetologists. I call them weirdos. People who watch snakes, study snakes and even — ick! — LIKE snakes all descend on Narcisse, Manitoba [...]
I don’t know exactly why it happened, but journalists are held in the same contempt as lawyers and used car salesmen. We’re branded as lying muckrakers, all [...]
Let’s say you’re a professional big game hunter hunting lions in Tanzania. And let’s say that you shoot a charging lion from 90 feet away (that’s the [...]
I was never a big fan of spankings in school, mostly because I was on the receiving end (no pun intended). But I’ve always wondered if the discipline problems in [...]
From the “Just When You Think Life Couldn’t Get Any Worse File” comes the story of Richard Goddard, Jr., a 21 year old Colona, Illinois man. Last year, [...]
Cue the dueling banjos, it’s the Battle Of The Valedictorians again! Regular readers of this column will recall the recent story of Brian Delekta, the Michigan student [...]
Abra cadabra, make my common sense…disappear! If only it were as easy as waving a magic wand to make things disappear. Whether it’s telemarketers, people who [...]
It was bound to happen someday. In the 1950s, we were given 3-D glasses to make movies “come to life.” In the ’80s and ’90s, it was Surround Sound [...]