PBS programing accounts for about one-half of our household’s viewing time … A couple generations from now we will be forgotten … I met some “code talkers” and they deserve recognition … The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around … Our government is intended to function with three separate but equal branches (it’s in a history book) … There’s a herd of wild rare curly-haired mustangs running free in Wyoming … “…of the people, by the people, for the people.” … “the whole nine yards” refers to the length of the ammo belt in a WWII fighter plane … Without a living memory of past events some will believe everything they hear. Antidote: read history books … Picture of a local cowboy saddled up and ready to ride was called Bill Dee by the famous poet Tom McGrath.
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RANDOM THOUGHTS, Monday, September 1, 2026
This year marks the 100th anniversary of NDSU’s introduction of Ceres Wheat, a rust resistant, high yielding grain … Speaking of NDSU, the ...
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An NDSU history professor, Tom Isern, and his wife, Suzzanne Kelley, the director of NDSU Press, produce a Facebook program from their ...
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TOM MCGRATH A few lines from a Tom McGrath poem fit the picture very well. He is writing about the Maple River, I’ll guess about 1925 to 1...
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