FROM MY CORNER Finding Wisdom Having recently reached the age of 80, I have been thinking how difficult it is to find wisdom. I particularly note that we have elected a man to the presidency who appears to have discovered not a single particle of that rare commodity. Obsessed with himself, power, and wealth, the most… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Hey, My Mute Readers: For some three years or more I’m been writing this commentary. All of them are saved in the Archive of my website: www.howellhurst.com. A book is in the works. Who actually receives “From My Corner”? Largely, members of my graduating class of 1956 at Will Rogers High, a… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER The Consumer Confidence Game The digital consumer world is not the miraculous answer to citizens’ woes as claimed by its software and hardware creators. I am talking about the repeated assertions of Microsoft’s Bill Gates, and previously made by Apple’s Steve Jobs. Having spent a third of my life playing the digital game,… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Imploding America? A friend, a former U.S. Naval pilot who lived several years in a prisoner of war camp decades ago, spoke with me the other day. We discussed the current political state of affairs in America and the world. Watching the absurd spectacle of the Trump presidency closely as I do,… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Oklahoma’s Disgrace Scott Pruitt, the disgusting example of the endless ethical corruption of the Donald Trump presidency, is gone. But the stink of his presence persists. Donald Trump praises him still for his “outstanding” job as Environmental Protection Agency director. It totally amazes me that our nation has allowed this presidency to… continue reading »
