by design | Jun 24, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A song by Kathy Mattea resonates with me this week because I’m “home alone.” Mattea described the lifelong relationship of Claire and Edwin, whose byline was, “Where’ve you been? I’m just not myself when you’re away.” This September Becky and I...
by design | Jun 24, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
Last week I heard someone complain that our state legislators just don’t understand the Supremacy Clause. If that statement is true, I am sure they are not the only ones so I thought it might be worth briefly discussing the Supremacy Clause in this column. The...
by design | Jun 17, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson No, my title is not a typo, nor am I referring to Google, the internet search engine, or a gargoyle. These days we are bombarded with information and often by staggering numbers. I remember when a millionaire was someone like Thurston Howell III...
by design | Jun 10, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A patient recently asked me how long I had been writing for The Focus. I couldn’t remember. However, I quickly divided two hundred and seventy essays by fifty-two weeks in a year and came up with five years of stories. I’ve wondered if my muse...
by design | Jun 3, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Ethnicity has little to do with rhythm because my grandson Noah has it. We don’t know where he got it because my son-in-law doesn’t dance. Perhaps it’s some recessive or ancestral gene that courses through Noah’s blood and allows him to move like...
by design | May 28, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.” General George Patton One wonders if the General wasn’t prophetic. Apparently, the Major News Media, Attorney General Eric Holder, Hilary Clinton and President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry...
