School Bells Rang at the BIS too…
(More on the BIS’s Educational Program) This author has already written about the BIS Barber College and perhaps it should be stressed again that those boys committed themselves to a ...
Who else is fed up with, “Made In China”?
Please read this all the way through because I am not sure who is responsible. I would like to think “Washington” (not George) is responsible for all the merchandise, products ...
WHAT WE HAVE BECOME
T. J. RAY, Oxford, Mississippi In the summer of 1944 our neighbor in the government housing project had saved enough gasoline rationing stamps for a trip. We loaded three families ...
THE BIS – Not all spit and polish
Another way to put it, “The BIS – not all discipline, paddling or work.” YES, there were times when the teenage boys pushed the limits and had to be reminded ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON and his thoughts…
At the time of publishing T. Joe Eggebrecht’s, essay, “Whom Do You Trust?”, the following thoughts of former President Thomas Jefferson had been sent to me and it is fitting ...
WHOM DO YOU TRUST?
WHOM DO YOU TRUST? By T. Joe Eggebrecht, When I am driving on a 2-lane highway, I trust the approaching driver will keep his vehicle in his lane. But it ...
Human nature is brittle.
“I DID NOT!-it wasn’t MY fault!” Unless you have lived a perfect life or never had a sibling on which to blame things you will not see the purpose of ...
SHOPPER’S EPIDEMIC
Don’t any congressmen care about the text in [food products] labels? Several months ago I wrote to the headquarters of a large supermarket chain regarding their importing apple juice concentrate. ...
RESPONSIBILITY and LIABILITY
RESPONSIBILITY and LIABILITY Contributed by T. J. Ray, Oxford Mississippi Imagine a news story reporting that a fellow committed suicide by shooting himself witha Glockenspiel .45 automatic. The surprise in ...
GRATEFUL FOR GRACE
After getting words on paper for the most recent essay, “Have we got it right, yet?” and the near dismal consensus uttered in the introduction, “One wonders if we will ...