The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahh, did you have a nice break curled up on the couch watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on NBC? Or did you spend too much time arguing with relatives about politics while stuffing your face and drinking too much? For me, it was…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Break out the turkey and dressing and don’t forget the cranberry sauce. Get the football game up on the big flat screen HD TV, with the sound bar pumping out the crowd noise and pithy commentary. It’s officially the 400th anniversary of America’s first…
Release The Kraken, Kamala Harris – “The best defense is a good offense.” — Glynn Wilson The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The morning broke clear and cold on Monday after some light rain overnight, and the late fall wind was whipping in the 10 to 20 mph range in…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Up before the sun on Halloween 2021, viewing the world through a computer screen hooked up to the internet and a big TV connected to a broadcast antenna, we can see clearly what’s going on here and all over the world, even in Glasgow,…
The Scary Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s the season for scary things, and nowhere are things more scary for democracy and the planet than here in the nation’s capital. In case you missed it because the Facebook news feed algorithm is hiding it from you, or none of your friends…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you could catch a ride in a time machine what time and place would you pick? Time and place weigh heavy on my mind this weekend as I make my 64th annual ride around the sun on this beautiful blue planet, as mixed…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the world turns on its axis and we observe human affairs through the lens of media and social media, it appears from here that we have turned another corner in the tenor of news coverage and public attention and opinion. The good news…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the absence of Trump tweets and constant news coverage of Trump tweets it’s hard to get the attention of people around the country to focus on any one big issue these days. After a major break from the news in May-July with vaccination…
Mark 4:9: “And he said, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear.’ Read More The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – If I seem to speak in parables, please forgive me. Writers can only tell stories and hope some people might understand and take action. There are people screaming at me in…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — The first day of autumn, 2021, started out with a pounding rain knocking the acorns out of the trees, landing on the media camper van roof with a loud pop, along with cooler temperatures that caused me to dig the portable heater out…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — The rain has stopped for now as the days grow shorter and cooler. The Autumnal equinox will be upon us next Wednesday, September 23, when the day and night will be of equal length, marking the start of Autumn. I would love nothing…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the wise man said, there is some good news, and some bad news, and lots of uncertainty. Which would you like to hear first? Even though Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks on America on September 11, 2001, I’ll start…
And Other Disasters Facing the Nation and the Planet – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s Déjà vu all over again. Yogi Berra made that phrase famous when he witnessed Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hitting back-to-back home runs in the New York Yankees’ seasons in the early…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — It’s 79 degrees here in the campground near Camp David, about a mile as the crow flies, and once again, we are breaking down to head back into the suburbs of Washington, D.C. for the weekend. While disasters strike much of the world,…
Originally published July 31, 2005, as an introduction to our web publishing ventures in The Locust Fork News-Journal. Editor’s Note: Editor and Publisher Glynn Wilson usually writes a weekly column on Sunday. By Glynn Wilson – Editor and Publisher – LOCUST FORK RIVER, Blount County, Ala., July 30 – “I am haunted by waters,” author…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — The drizzling rain has stopped outside the camper van window for now, although more rain from Tropical Storm Fred is on the way to the mid-Atlantic region after making landfall along the Florida panhandle. Fred Hits the Southeast: Possible Tornado Leaves Damage in…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Love versus hate. Peace versus war. Empathy versus apathy. Altruism versus selfishness. These are the fundamental struggles between humans and their evolutionary nature on planet Earth. There’s always lots of talk about love going on, but it never seems to hold the power to conquer hate. In…
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” – Thomas Jefferson By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Thomas Jefferson said that, newspapers were the only means of communicating with citizens about…
It didn’t have to be this way. – Oh Alabama, New Orleans and Little Rock too It didn’t have to be this way When a free shot would do. YouTube: Neil Young – Alabama The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s 72 degrees in the city Trump called a swamp.…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proving the adage that “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes,” and show that posting false information on the inter-web appears to be far more profitable than telling the truth, consider the case of…
