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  • A cowboy's guide to aging

    Published April 08, 2012

    At the end of the day family is all you really have. Stay in close contact with siblings and other family members. And if you have been at odds with a family member, make peace with them now.

  • Cowboy wisdom for Valentine's Day

    Published February 11, 2012

    The meaning of true love does not come in a card with a sentiment written by a stranger or flowers that eventually fade and die. It comes from two people in harness pulling on the wagon of life equally, sharing the ups and downs and then, years from now looking back on all they have accomplished together, riding happily and confidently into the sunset of life.

  • Cowboy Wisdom for the Republican Presidential Candidates

    Published January 08, 2012

    Here's a thought for all the Republican candidates. Only buzzards feed on their friends.

  • A Cowboy Christmas Message

    Published December 25, 2011

    With each passing year, the meaning of Christmas seems to get further and further away from its original definition and its celebration has become just another event on the retailer’s calendar.

  • What We Owe the Greatest Generation On the Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

    Published December 07, 2011

    When they pass into the great beyond members of the Greatest Generation should be able to tell the 1,177 men who went down with the Arizona that fateful December 7, 1941 and all the others who never made it home that not only did they not die in vain but that America is in good hands.

  • Hey 'Occupy', Whatever Happened to Starting at the Bottom and Working Your Way Up?

    Published November 02, 2011

    What made the "Occupy Wall Street" folks think that a degree from a four year college entitles or guarantees them to anything?

  • An Open Letter From the Cowboy Libertarian to President Obama, Congress and the Mainstream Media

    Published September 08, 2011

    Mr. Obama, you need to talk less and say more...

  • Give Me Cowboy Values Over Washington Values

    Published August 19, 2011

    I didn’t expect Republicans to join in the character assassination of an American icon—the cowboy. Unlike politicians, a cowboy still makes a deal with a handshake and his word is his bond.

  • What Would Barry Goldwater Do?

    Published August 09, 2011

    Barry Goldwater’s campaign slogan was, “In your heart you know he’s right.” America didn’t think he was right in 1964 but after the recent spectacle in Washington, I think they are ready to listen to his message now.

  • If I Were President, I'd Create the 'Elmination Commission'

    Published July 22, 2011

    If President Obama and Congress are either unwilling , unable or simply won’t cut the government down to size who will? Maybe it's time for an "Elimination Commission."