An Editorial in The Anniston Star caught my attention recently in which they almost gushingly gave thanks to Democratic Congresswoman...

It may seem that a few of these may not all be related to each other. But let me take you on a little trip that will show you how they...

There have been a few times over the last several years where someone has suggested that I should run for a political office. That is...

I am a White Male. I am a Heterosexual. I am a Southerner. I am a Conservative. I am a Christian. I am a Veteran. I am a Gun Owner. Just...

In an article from April 14, 2016 titled "Three words about Anniston" written by Phillip Tutor for The Anniston Star it starts out with...

It has since been almost 40 years ago that I first held up my right hand and recited this Oath, "I, Tracy Stephens, do solemnly swear (or...

"For forty or fifty years past, Mr. H. G. Wells and others have been warning us that man is in danger of destroying himself with his own...

There was at least one, known or reported, incident during "My Cold War Years", in which the world had a close call that could have led...

In December 1982, the song "Christmas In Dixie" by American country band Alabama was released as a single. It is a celebration of...

I did have a short time away from the field myself when I applied for a Temporary Duty Assignment as an Alert Force Controller at the...

Okay, so now here we go. Just one of the ways to "fight" all that boredom out in the missile field was to watch a lot of movies when...

When I first started out in the missile field, female Security Police were not allowed, but at some point they were. There was a time...

The Security Police of the 44th Missile Security Squadron would normally work a 3 and half day tour out in the field. That didn't mean...

I was assigned to the 44th Missile Security Squadron at Ellsworth to which I would be guarding the Minuteman II Missile sites scattered...

Before I start telling of "My Cold War Years", I wish to go back a few years earlier. It was 1976 and America was celebrating it's 200th...

Today is January 3, 2019, the New Year is still in it's infancy. As I have said many times over, I will often use music as a form of...

Today is December 31, 2018, as that next Sun rises it will bring in a New Year. On this last day of the Old Year I have continued to...

Today is December 30, 2018, that New Year draws nlgher still. As I was writing my previous article, "A Time For Reflecting On The Past...

Today is December 29, 2018, a New Year draws nigh. I have experienced many things in my 55 years of life. There have been successes and...

Celtic burial and funeral rites, along with the customs of an Irish wake are probably not normally read about on Christmas Eve. But then...