Category Archives: Op-Ed

A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming

I’ll begin this post with a history lesson. Edward Joseph O’Hare was known as “Easy Eddie.” He was also a lawyer who worked for mobster Al Capone through his rise in the 1920s. However, by the early 1930s, O’Hare had a change of heart. His only son, Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare was growing up and about to enterContinue reading “A Day Of Reckoning Is Coming”

Are Your Christmas Decorations Still Up?

Now, that we’re a full week into 2026 and Christmas 2025 is in the history books, do you still have your decorations up? Some people I know take theirs down around New Year’s. But I’ve even known people who take them down on Dec. 26. I went to work one Dec. 26 years ago andContinue reading “Are Your Christmas Decorations Still Up?”

Please Help If You Can

It’s been a little over a month since Ainsley passed. It happened on Thanksgiving weekend and shocked all of us. Ainsley was known and loved by all. Shortly before my mom passed, she would interact with Ainsley’s mother in civic events in my hometown where she would often see Ainsley and her son around. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-doug-and-jack-rebuild-after-losing-ansley?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPJJyVjbGNrA8knDWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHj1sMC_Jew-g70dmBySQm8aGEooAxWXydtMKSVQXpSzyb4Z2y8GVBo59hiDE_aem_kVzMhDTVDyT0j7wXlDMOjQContinue reading “Please Help If You Can”

Recent Homophobia Over ‘Stranger Things’ Shows How Little We’ve Come

People are very stupid. As Stranger Things sets to air its series finale episode in less than 24 hours, the seventh episode of the fifth season has been review-bombed.   And it’s all because of a scene where Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) finally comes out to his mother and his friends that he’s gay. Of course, it’s a difficult thing for him to say as his friends seem toContinue reading “Recent Homophobia Over ‘Stranger Things’ Shows How Little We’ve Come”

Clear Creek Monastery In The Ozarks

Opened in 1999, the Clear Creek Monastery is a Benedictine Abbey located in the Ozarks in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The monastery also goes by Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek Abbey or just simply Clear Creek Abbey. It’s part of the Tulsa Diochese and reportedly houses about 60-70 monks from all over theContinue reading “Clear Creek Monastery In The Ozarks”