Guy Smith | December 31, 2007
TweetIt is good to know that humor has a place in everyday life, and in this case it is the Day by Day comic strip by Chris Muir. For the sake of full disclosure, Chris and I were childhood friends, and in recent years stumbled upon one another. Seems there is something about growing up [...]
Guy Smith | December 19, 2007
TweetI went to Oakland’s airport last Sunday to welcome home Ricky Glass. I don’t know Ricky. Never met him. Before Sunday I could not have picked him out of a crowd. Yet I and a few dozen other people took a couple of minutes from our day to welcome Ricky home with joyful shouts that [...]
Guy Smith | December 9, 2007
TweetAn urban fellow once said “You scare me.” I felt kinda flattered. We had been discussing my days on the ranch, and the kind of people I grew up around. We also talked about the fact that all rural folks own guns (plural per person applies). As I recall the point where he admitted his [...]
Guy Smith | December 4, 2007
TweetI wish to pitch a possibly novel notion in the realm of criminal justice. And by “criminal justice” I do not mean incarcerating congress. The concept is pretty simple. For a certain set of despicable crimes, require convicted felons to earn their way out of prison. In other words, life behind bars until they can [...]
