by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell By Dr. Jim Ferguson Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my persona. Though the definition may encompass fictional literary characters, I’m including the...
by design | May 31, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“I feel the need to continue wearing my mask outside even though I’m fully vaccinated… to not have people think I’m a conservative.“ David Hogg By Dr. Jim Ferguson As comedian Jeff Foxworthy might aver, if you haven’t heard it, you might be deaf. Even this...
by Jim Ferguson | May 23, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Anonymous modern proverb By Dr. Jim Ferguson In the 1720s and 1730s a movement swept the American colonies which historians would call The Great Awakening. Largely, it was a reaction to secular humanism and...
by Jim Ferguson | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? Satchel Paige By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s finally over. For an adult, birthdays are not usually treated with fanfare. I guess this is because we’ve had so many. However, turning seventy was an exception for me....
by Jim Ferguson | May 9, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Nothing connects the country like country. Ken Burns By Dr. Jim Ferguson A reader thanked me for last week’s essay about the Tennessee River and travel. In the essay I used Forrest Gump’s metaphor regarding life as a “box of chocolates.” Well, this week’s essay from...
by Jim Ferguson | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
I hate to write; I love having written. Dorothy Parker By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a writer I have to disagree with Ms. Parker, the famous poet, satirist, critic and writer. But then she was perhaps best known for her wisecracks. My corollary to Parker’s quip is, “I enjoy...
