Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence  By Joe Rector I’ve just sat through a few tutorial videos on the use of Microsoft CoPilot. Most of them appear to be geared toward the business world. I have no desire to create a social media campaign, training session or marketing plan....

Everyone Gets a Trophy

Everyone Gets a Trophy By Joe Rector I’m old school when it comes to schools and education and make no apologies for being so. Spending 30 years in the classroom as a teacher should allow me to at least voice an opinion on the school system and the board’s decisions....

Two Americas

Two Americas   America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedom, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln.   By Dr. Jim Ferguson As bedbugs infest Las Vegas hotels, maggots riot in our cities. Meanwhile, President...

New Music

New Music By Joe Rector I love music. No, that doesn’t include every genre. Hip-hop is one that I don’t understand; neither am I a fan of opera. Otherwise, I’ll lend an ear to music, at least for a song or two. My life can be traced through the songs that were playing...

They were my first

They were my first By Joe Rector As much as I hate to admit it, I do check Facebook several times a day. Other platforms I avoid because I just don’t want to know too much about people or events. I don’t like Facebook, but I can keep up with birthdays and important...

Hush Your Mouth

Hush Your Mouth By Joe Rector I had my idea for this week’s column all sorted out in my head. I would enjoy writing about the subject and could do it with a minimum amount of effort. Well, that idea went down the tubes when I read just a few minutes ago a sports...