Russell Rhodes Blog

I should tell you upfront that I don’t like Mothers Day and Fathers Day. After your parents have died, it’s just not any fun. I especially hate going to a…

That was the question posed to me by the credit card company. Apparently, someone using my card sure was. They had a big time in Big Spring. For the record,…

I’m watching the news coverage of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The world has come together in Normandy. It really is something to see. World leaders paying tribute to those…

Before OJ Simpson, there was another “Trial of the Century.” It was Claus von Bulow’s. He died yesterday. If you are of an age, you remember him. Married to a…

I got this in my email box this morning… “Don’t Drown in Current Events.” Hahaha! I mean, I’m in the news business, what am I supposed to do? I get…

Last Sunday, I wrote how I couldn’t look away from the Kavanaugh hearings. Now, it’s done. I can’t look anymore. It’s not that I’m upset about the result…upset just doesn’t…

I took a few days off from work. Had a little basal cell carcinoma removed from my head. My doc gave me a “get out of school note”, so why…

Over these next few days, we will be talking about the great John McCain. By now, you know the Senator from Arizona died as a result of brain cancer.  He…

The last few weeks around here, we have been focussed on the algae bloom called red tide.  This one has stuck around Southwest Florida longer than usual and it’s killing…

I watch a lot of news. I read a lot of news. Hell, it’s how I make my living…reading the news on TV. Lately though, I’ve noticed something. Much of…