On Feburary 17th, 2008, one of the Valley’s most talented musicians, Andy Chapa, was involved in a car accident resulting in the loss of his left arm.
HE’S ALL RIGHT drive is raising money to help Andy with Prosthesis expense and to obtain a Rick Allen Drum Kit.
We have a full day of Music and Mischief [...]

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A poem by Patricia A.
Inspired by last night’s City Commission meeting (May 6, 2008)
The circus came to town and stayed;
it set out tent at City Hall.
Stubborn minds will not be swayed,
and elevated egos will not fall.
How do good intentions go astray?
And how do so-called servants have the gall
to make [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg
Down in Naptown, skipping in the breeze,
Sylvia Lykins, pretty as you please;
Sylvia Lykins, sing girls sing,
Jump up, double-dutch, jump and swing;
Down at the playground, by and by
Sylvia Lykins told a lie;
Somebody told her bad step-ma,
Silly got a lickin, ha, ha, ha;
How many licks did Silly score?
One, two, three, four,
Five, six, seven, [...]

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Poems by Thomas Thornburg
Jonathan Swift
gives me a lift;
everyone he debated
he hated.
Hannibal and Hamilcar
perished in a Punic war
along with the other
brother.

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A comment from Stan
Following up on a recent column on the Pennsylvania primary by Frank Rich of the New York Times in which he pointed out that the media generally are ignoring the Republican primaries, we note this morning that in the North Carolina primary yesterday, McCain is a loser in at least two ways. [...]

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A comment from Stan
The lead editorial in this morning’s Brownsville Herald, concerning an alleged rebound in the Valley’s real estate market, acknowledges that the current banking system (if you can call it that given that the the development of subprime lending means that the so-called bankers had given up due diligence) boldly asserts that one [...]

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