On recovery...and resolve
Unless you have recently awakened from a Rip Van Winkle type slumber, you know just how devastating the effects of substance abuse are on the country. Many reading this will have known the loss and devastation of this awful scourge on a very personal level, having watched a loved one struggle to cope with addiction. Some lost jobs, marriages and families. Some lost their freedom and ended up in prison. Some lost their lives. But some...some overcame and even today are living
Another fallen hero...
Another... I had meant to post another entry today...but life...and death...intervened... Another fallen officer. This one...very close to home. Maryville lost one of the brave today. A Maryville officer was killed during a call to a domestic violence call this afternoon. As I write this, his name has not been released...but he was the father of three...all of them little. We don't know his name...only that he is...another. Another wife widowed. Another trio of fatherless ch
Roll down your window...and tweet...
My children were born in a technological world. They have never known a world without cell phones. Or GPS. Or power windows. Information is everywhere in the world. We've all heard the fact that there is more computing power in our cell phones than in the Apollo rockets and the lunar lander. Every facet in our world is now a function of technology. Every profession and trade is now dependent on technology. The law is no different. Back in the day, the elected DA would travel
Welcome...
Thanks for stopping by Generally Speaking. I'm new to blogging, so I am not entirely sure what to tell you to expect. I tend to be nostalgic and on the other hand, I am capable of a pretty decent rant. So I guess we shall see. I hope you will find your time well spent here and this blog interesting. I will be blogging about current issues, happenings in the Tenth and around the state and country, and whatever else comes to mind. I haven't ever blogged before...so who knows