Gary Horton: In America, nothing matters anymore
October 18, 2017 11:26 pm
There’s no use in me a-cryin’ I’ve done everything and now I’m sick of trying I’ve thrown away my nights and wasted all my days over you Now you go
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Gary Horton: Reality and gun alt-facts don’t add up
October 10, 2017 10:51 pm
We’re now apparently living in a world where “alternative facts” are just about as good as the real thing. If you believe stuff enough and chant stuff enough it must
Gary Horton: America the unexceptional
October 4, 2017 12:03 am
“American Exceptionalism.” That we’re an “exceptional nation” – different, separate, a leader above all others, even as some believe, “established by the providence and guidance of God Himself.” And, “In
Gary Horton: Dotard made it a movement
September 27, 2017 10:17 pm
Yes, the newly-nicknamed dotard made it a movement. Incredulity, travesty, shock, and recklessness in the White House moves so quickly these days it’s hard to remember at week’s end what
Gary Horton: Of ducklings, Bucklings and memories
September 6, 2017 10:53 am
Weeks back I wrote our story of the momma duck who nested in an ivy geranium bush above our pool, making said bush her protected fort for her and her
Gary Horton: The total eclipse of the Trump
August 30, 2017 2:25 am
Last week, America was treated to a most long-awaited and extremely rare event. After over 200 days of daily Trumpian media shock-treatment, with each morning producing greater and ever-more-troubling headlines,
Gary Horton: The Deplorable basket spills its wretch
August 16, 2017 1:08 am
A very real American basket of Deplorables just tipped over and spilled its wretched mess all over Charlottesville, staining the American and world media. Hillary Clinton hit it nearly spot
Horton: Catalysts for productive change: Tweeting Trump and do-nothing Congress
August 8, 2017 10:46 pm
Monitoring the public essays of recent weeks in The Signal, I observed a uniquely timed confluence of ideas between the ideologies of left and right. We remember the function of
Horton: Jeff and McCain get it right
August 2, 2017 10:05 pm
“Jeff, take a look at this. Fairly hilarious,” I said, handing him the Tuesday issue of The Signal containing a letter to the editor responding to my prior column. In
Gary Horton: A principled nation must purge Trump
July 25, 2017 10:00 pm
So O.J. Simpson is out and Donald Trump is in. What’s next, Charles Manson as Human Resources Secretary after Tom Price gets trashed? Donald Trump thought he’d speak to a
Gary Horton: On the mean streets of the USA
July 18, 2017 10:00 pm
Carrie and I have been up in the Canadian Gulf Islands boating this past week. As I write this I see an incredibly serene, bucolic, forested harbor view from our
Gary Horton: Talking health care sanity
July 11, 2017 10:32 pm
This past Monday evening I shared a delightful dinner with fellow Signal columnist James de Bree, his charming wife, Teresa, and his incredibly inspiring daughter, Kristina. Here’s proof that people
Gary Horton: Savor our urban forest
June 27, 2017 10:00 pm
Millions of trees Don’t chop them down See them growing for miles around I like the rainclouds I like the heat Don’t want parched earth burning my feet I like
Gary Horton: Fidget spinners show America’s future
June 20, 2017 10:00 pm
Recently overlooked in the lame-stream media were the profound implications of a small plastic object pinched between Barron Trump’s thumb and index finger. As the First Family descended Air Force
Gary Horton: Seeing through my father’s eyes
June 16, 2017 10:30 pm
As my soul slides down to die. How could I lose him? What did I try? Bit by bit, I´ve realized That he was here with me. “My Father’s Eyes”
Gary Horton: America: just another nation?
June 6, 2017 10:39 pm
America first. Donald Trump’s message for his election and, to his credit, exactly how he’s played key decisions so far. Decisiveness is a great presidential trait when you’re right. But
Gary Horton: White supremacists? Hardly
May 30, 2017 10:00 pm
Joseph Christian had been immersed in the “alt-right,” white-supremacist, Pacific Northwest segregationist movement for some time. His Facebook page overflowed with anti-Muslim and anti-just-about-everything-the-rest-of-us-call a “free society.” Christian used his
Gary Horton: Reality is real no matter our beliefs
May 16, 2017 10:45 pm
I’d been conscious two hours after my spine surgery when pain overtook me and I began trembling from head to toe with the most acute pain I’ve ever experienced. Electric
Gary Horton: Give thanks for ADA laws
April 25, 2017 10:00 pm
This next Wednesday I’ll be becoming seriously handicapped. At least for a few days, or maybe longer, I’m going to face some serious pain like I’ve never faced before. I’ll
Gary Horton: War rhetoric part 2, 3, 4, 5…
April 18, 2017 10:00 pm
War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing. … War, whoa, lord What is it good for Absolutely nothing, listen to me it ain’t nothing but a heart-breaker