Clik here to view.
SARA BEGAY HOPKINS: Generational Loss & Grieving
I am a 1987 Page, Ariz., High School graduate, and I have family ties to Page. As a Navajo person, it pains me to observe our Navajo people on the streets; publicly intoxicated and begging for money....
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Live and Learn. Sigh.
You’re never too old to learn. I was at the Navajo Area Indian Health Service Community Uranium Exposure Journey to Healing Health Screening & Education Event in Chinle, Ariz., when I suddenly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Super Stepdad to the rescue!
I remember the first time I had to act like a father.My fiancé – and eventual first ex-wive – worked a couple of nights a week and needed a babysitter. I had lots of experience around kids (my sister...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Be prepared
Success in life is often dependent on preparation.Take the case of Cristen D. Moore, 22, of Jackson, Mich. All he had to do was toss a football. What all-American boy hasn’t thrown the ol’ pigskin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 10: Elvis Movie Songs
Who was crowned when the galaxy voted for the all-time greatest Elvis fan?Yep,I was the one.Anyone that knows me realizes that Iam a loyal subject of The King. For me, Elvis Presley is a master...
View Articlepoem: Billy The Kid
BILLY THE KIDThey called him an outlawin the Lincoln County Warhated all the things he didA price set on his head,to be paid alive or dead,for the blood of Billy the Kid. Tunstall died without...
View ArticleThe Write Way
No wonder so many famous authors become alcoholics; it can be a lonely, depressing life.I never chose a writing career, it chose me. I still recall how excited I was to discover my first new word.It...
View ArticleUranium Nightmare in Church Rock
CHURCH ROCK, N.M. -- Residents of Church Rock, N.M., gathered on July 19 to remember the 35th anniversary of the disastrous Northeast Church Rock Mine uranium tailings spill. The 1979 spill, by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Honoring Natve Amercan Veterans
By John Christian HopkinsWindow Rock, Ariz. -- Native Americans have taken part in every war the United States has fought, and Stephen Bowers and Vietnam veteran Jefferson Begay think it's time they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE KING AND I
I can close my eyes and remember the day my friend died. I was sitting in the kitchen on the stairs that led to the second floor. It was on the fourth step, where I always sat because it had a large...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Using a crotch as a crutch?
Sports are just getting out of hand these days.The latest victim of the overzealous do-gooders was Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jonathon Papalbon.After getting hammered during a game – not the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bridge over troubled watermelon
Well,at least the Boston Herald had the decency to apologize for a blatantly racist cartoon involving President BarackObama.The cartoon is supposed to be a comment on the recent White House intruder...
View ArticleNewest releases!!!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETWO GUNS brings wild west to life; WRITER ON THE STORM is a laugh-out-loud collection of witty commentary In a new western fiction “Two Guns” aging gunman John Carrier Steele faces...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crazy, little thing called ... sex
Listen up, ladies, we need to talk. Hey, my eyes are up here, okay?Apparently some women just don’t get it, but “no” means “no!”A Texas man awoke to find the wife of his friend performing a sex act on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I'll be the Judge
Well, I finally got to see that famous Kardashian crack that everyone’s been talking about.No, I don’t mean Kim’s magazine cover, I meant Khloe’s KKK joke. There was a photo of the Kardashian sisters –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GENERAL CUSTER NEEDS SOME LUCK
Happy birthday to George Armstrong Custer; he was born on Dec. 5, 1836.Now when American Indians hear his name they usually get bent out of shape talking about how he killed and hated their ancestors....
View ArticleClik here to view.
You can't talk with a horse, of course ...
When I first saw the headline, I thought someone had discovered my secret.“Man Accused of Performing Oral Sex on a Horse.”What a relief when I learned that the man was Jared Kreft, 30, of Wausau, Wis....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dead Men Tell No Tales, Or Do They?
By John Christian Hopkins Did someone make a grave mistake?Between the old Chef’s Palace on Center Street and a former mortuary building at 30 North/200 West in Kanab a tombstone has been quietly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Presidential Trivia
In honor of President’s Day, let’s talk presidential trivia. George Washington: Only president to be unanimously selected. He was the only president to not represent any political party. John Adams:...
View ArticleApril 14: Avoid the Sea and Theater
If you had to pick a bad luck day in history, then April 14th has to make the shortlist.It was a bad day for sailing, taking in a show or trying to make baseball history.In 1915, the Philadelphia A’s...
View ArticleReal Protesters Go Unheard
I wish the media would get it right. I was watching footage of burning cars and looters on the news and the reporter was talking about the protesters in Baltimore. WRONG! There are protesters in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hugh Glass: Real Life Superhero
With “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” opening Friday the timing is perfect – April 28 is National Superhero Day.The actual term “superhero” didn’t begin until 1917 or so, but history has long been filled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Longevity is the Road Less Travelled
Mr. Spock wished everyone could “live long and prosper.”Well, plenty of people have figured out how to prosper to some degree, but it’s that live long part that trips most of us up.Many people are in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How The Babe Said Goodbye
Early in the 1935 season it was painfully obvious that The Babe – George Herman Ruth, Jr. – was done as a ballplayer. The Yankees knew it when they gave him his unconditional release in February, just...
View ArticleHow to Spot the Lyin’ King
How can you tell if someone is lying to you?Well, if it’s a politician watch their lips, if they are moving the odds are they’re lying to you.Other times, it’s not so easy. Say your husband comes home...
View Article