September 2, 2026
Opinion
We took the shot, Fauci takes the Fifth
It has been a big week for Kentucky politicians. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is on watch. Out of his hospital room this weekend came his doctor, then his priest, and then a taxidermist. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the poster boy for shameful government arrogance and incompetence, got subpoenaed to appear Wednesday before the Senate committee of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Dr. Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie (RKY), along with all my columns over the years, have been onto the fraud that is Anthony Fauci from the jump.
That takes the cake
Let’s explore the origin of some common sayings. After writing several columns about sayings like, “Sight for Sore Eyes” and “Don’t Fly Off the Handle,” many of you suggested some others. Did your parents ever say, “Well, That Takes the Cake!” Remember the cake walks of your childhood? In the 19th century, community dance contests awarded an actual cake to the winners, cementing “take the cake” as the result of achieving first place honors. Of course, if you were a superb dancer, winning the competition was a piece of cake, right? And winning the cakewalk while leisurely strolling proved how easy it was. That’s why a political candidate who gets 80 percent of the vote is said to have won “in a cakewalk.”
Are you a wet blanket?
Wet blanket. Spoilsport. Fuddyduddy. Fraidy-cat. Party pooper. Slowpoke. Penny-pincher. Buzzkill. Bob from Accounting. At some point in your life, you’ve doubtless been on either the giving end or receiving end of such disparaging terms.
It Can Be Done
The American version of fascism has always been around which covertly allowed minorities to control the majority. That was done with slavery, but the outrage grew and prevailed and the South lost the war. Then it converted itself in society allowing a race to rule with Jim Crow laws, and economically by allowing robber-barons of the gilded age free market reign. The gilded age implosion (The Great Depression) and the legislative stifling of Jim Crow prejudices heralded better equality. But, the cycle of attempted domination and control by hatred and greed has risen again in the form of Draco-II, the oligarchs of military might and technology and money, the sycophants who grab the coattails those in power, the racists who never openly agreed to equality, and the rest of us who put all of them in power: they appealed to our lesser nature and won.
Celebrating 250 Years with Gratitude
If you were born in the United States of America, you have already won the lottery of life.
You’ve done enough
Does anyone know U.S. history well enough to remember Joseph McCarthy? He was a Republican senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. He is best known for his campaign against communism in America, alleging communists, Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated many institutions within America, even claiming he had a list of 200 communist spies and sympathizers within the U.S. State Department. The McCarthyism era died when, in court, Boston lawyer Joseph Welch finally proclaimed “You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?” With that proclamation McCarthy’s career effectively ended and McCarthyism faded away. His claims were simply lies.
The Farmer
We were honored to host our 6th annual Farm-to-Table event this weekend at The Silos at Promise Manor – below is a snippet of my heart that I was able to share with all in attendance. I was recently asked in an interview why we saw such importance in farm-to-table dinners and agriculture. It didn’t take me long to begin answering because of my deep roots planted in our family’s 300-acre century farm in Lynchburg, but I realized in that moment that living in these sweet small southern farming towns is such a blessing and gift. The young girl on the other end of the phone was not from here yet she wanted to feel the essence of our why. She wanted me to take her on a journey of beauty and grit that she may had possibly never experienced herself. I had to slow down answering her question because I wanted her to not only hear the words but feel what it means to be rooted in farming. Our children are 6th generation on our family farm and in 2019 when I registered our farm with the state, I realized then that it was no mistake that God had placed our family on that land for such a time as this.
