Professional sports was acquainted with scandals and sore spots long before there was a 24-hour news cycle giving fuel to the fire. From Pete Rose to Ben Roethlisberger, professional athletes and the organizations they work for have often had an uneasy partnership. When it comes to professional football, the list of players causing headaches that […]
The 10 Best Films of 2015
Each year I see roughly ten full-length films. A few years ago it struck me that I could easily make a “10 Best Films of the Year” list by simply placing them in order. This year I saw exactly ten movies, and have very carefully sequenced them below. A number of them are political. (Probably […]
Freedom For Ryan Ferguson Should Lead To The Release Of His Co-Defendant Charles Erickson
Columbia Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt was brutally murdered on November 1, 2001, in Columbia, Missouri. Heitholt was attacked in the Tribune parking lot as he left work. His body was discovered next to his car. Heitholt had been struck from behind sustaining multiple head injuries and was strangled with his own belt. Fellow Tribune […]
Moving Out of Depression into Happiness Without Drugs
According to Lao Tzu, “If you are living in depression you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” Therefore, how does a drug, pill, or medication change your circumstance? It actually adds to the depression over […]
The Ryan Ferguson Case Highlights The Difficulty Of Correcting A Wrongful Conviction
Ryan Ferguson was wrongfully convicted in 2001 of second-degree murder of Columbia Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Ferguson is one of roughly 2.3 million people currently housed in America’s prison system. The United States incarcerates more people than any civilized nation on earth. A majority of those […]