I got to thinking about happenings over my fairly long life and concluded there has always been a crisis.  

We had played golf that afternoon at Kingsmill Plantation Course at Williamsburg, Virginia. I was there for a conference.  

When I was young, it seemed as though a majority of adults were proud of their work. If they weren’t proud, at least they were accepting of the situation.

I have decided I am in favor of building data centers, as long as they comply with all local, state and federal codes and regulations. We already have data centers now. Ever store anything from a computer in a cloud? That is in a data center.

There is a word that has bothered me for a long time. It is the word “guy” or “guys.”  

I have watched you, Mr. President, and you have been very effective about improving the looks of our country. Without any new laws, I think you could develop a rivalry between the railroads that would cause them to clean up these messes.

We can’t let the despots win. If we do, we have failed terribly at learning history and saving our country for future generations. 

Dr. Mark A. Brown did a wonderful thing this week. Dr. Brown is the president of Tuskegee University (formerly the Tuskegee Institute) over in Alabama.  

Speaking of peanut butter cookies, a couple of weeks ago, I got a nice big box of homemade cookies from a young man on Pondlick Road. (You know who you are.) It was a pleasant surprise. Thank you. I think I will get a couple of those now.

The wife told the husband that they were meeting two of her best friends for lunch. One of these friends was bringing her husband along; ergo, the wife was expecting her husband to come as well. On the appropriate day and time, all showed up at Major Drum’s very upscale restaurant.

I’ve lived long enough to see a complete cultural shift. When I was a child, people went to extraordinary lengths to assimilate into the local culture.

Those outraged by President Trump (including now the entire FIFA organization – what is a red card and why do I care?) have become very, very boring.  

An Aussie who said “Waffle House” could easily open 10,000 restaurants in their country was another smile. And those who discovered Buc-ee’s were just over the moon. I think these folks came along just in time. I get tired of hearing from the socialist Democrats about how terrible America is. Here at the time of our 250th Birthday, it is uplifting to hear from these visitors about how dynamic our country really is.

Now that we have passed the summer solstice, it is six months until I can cheer up, at least from an astronomical standpoint. In six months, the days will start getting longer again.  

In the last 50 to 60 years, human life in this country has been cheapened. It started with abortions. Notice what happens there: Pro-abortion arguments and sympathy focus on the mother that aborted the child. The child is ignored because they cannot speak. Austin Metcalf cannot speak, either.