Ringer, Roger

“THERE IS NO WEEK NOR DAY NOR HOUR WHEN TYRANNY MAY NOT ENTER UPON THIS COUNTRY, IF THE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR ROUGHNESS AND SPIRIT OF DEFIANCE!” Walt Whitman   As...

“GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.” Roger’s philosophy   I am writing this the evening before my 65th birthday. I guess everyone has an age that...

“WE CAN EASILY FORGIVE A CHILD WHO IS AFRAID OF THE DARK; THE TRAGEDY OF  OF LIFE IS WHEN MEN ARE AFRAID OF THE LIGHT.” Plato We do live...

“SOME PEOPLE DIE AT 25 AND AREN’T BURIED UNTIL 75.” Benjamin Franklin   I wonder a lot how people who have no faith deal with the recent pandemic....

“IF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS TAKEN AWAY THEN DUMB AND SILENT WE MAY BE LED LIKE SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER.” George Washington   So if you were faced...

“THE EMPIRES OF THE FUTURE ARE THE EMPIRES OF THE MIND.” Winston Churchill You know that Marci Penner and the folks at the Kansas Sampler Foundation are...

“IT’S GOING TO BE A SEASON WITH LOTS OF ACCIDENTS, AN I’LL RISK SAYING THAT WE’LL BE LUCKY IF SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS  DOESN’T HAPPEN.” Ayrton Senna   I want to...

“WE HAVE THE BEST GOVERNMENT THAT MONEY CAN BUY.” Mark Twain   With all of the division and in fighting in the Legislature there is finally an issue...

“HUMOR IS MANKIND’S GREATEST BLESSING.”   Mark Twain   This weekend was one that I will be laughing at for some time. It is so true that today’s...

“WHEN YOU ARE INSANE, YOU ARE BUSY BEING INSANE ALL THE TIME.” Sylvia Plath   I have been turning off even the news programs that I like and...