A Letter to All My Friends
11 December 2018 Dear Friends: As many of you know, I grew up in a small town in South Texas,...
The Seductive Attraction of “Political Incorrectness”
By A Lidden Pate, Jr. Anyone who has ever said “to hell with it all, I’m going to just be...
It’s the e-CON-OH-ME, Stupid!
by Andrew Lidden Pate, Jr. Put me down as the first to be taken in. The very idea that a...
Lessons from the Republican Anti-Trumpers
by Andrew Lidden Pate, Jr. Some are quite well known, like Ohio Governor John Kasich and Tennessee Senator Bob Corker,...
3A State Finals
SOPHOMORE DANE JENTSCH LEADS GRANDVIEW, 1ST HALF 6-PICK PROVES FATAL FOR CANADIAN 3A1 STATE FINAL GRANDVIEW (14-2) 35 MALAKOFF (12-3)...
2A State Finals
MASON DOMINATES, MART WINS 2ND TITLE IN A ROW 2A 1 STATE FINAL MASON (16-0) 44 NEW DEAL (15-1)...
Democracy in Survival Mode
by Andrew Lidden Pate, Jr. It is a question of "precisely when?" not of "whether?" The ousting of Donald Trump...
Restoring the Two “R’s to Rural America
by Andrew Lidden Pate, Jr. The two “R’s” that dominate contemporary Rural America—Republicanism and tRumpism—are a far cry from those...
Bridging the Gap between Former Schoolmates
by Andrew Lidden Pate, Jr. Check any social media source for contacts between alumni of a high school, and you'll...
This We Share. . .
By Andrew Lidden Pate, Jr. Americans are so divided we seem to have forgotten the things we share. We can’t...