Well, that was then. Fifth century BCE. Back in those days, nothing much changed…
Author: Louis Cannon
Underrated writer Louis Cannon grew up in the vast American West, although his ex-wife, given the slightest opportunity, will deny that he ever grew up at all. You can read more stories on his Substack account.
READY, FIRE, AIM: Will 100-Year Floods be Our ‘New Normal’?
There aren’t many good things to say about a 100-year flood event in a small rural town in southern Colorado…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Snail Mail from a Distant Universe
In this case, a second envelope had arrived on the same day as my sister’s Halloween card…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Been Working on the Railroad… All the Live-Long Day…
The song is about the men who rose up so early in the morn to build the railroads. And about Dinah…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Woman with a Cigarette
It’s funny how you can look at a photo on the cover of a book, over the period of several days, and then suddenly notice the cigarette in the woman’s hand…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Chinese Garden of Eden
It’s obvious that people in China are doing everything they can to be like us…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Incidental Drawbacks to Acute Loneliness
“It is my fixed opinion that those who have undergone this punishment, MUST pass into society again morally unhealthy and diseased…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Beef… It’s the New Oil
“But high beef prices didn’t just happen overnight. They’re not going away anytime soon, either…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Fool Me Twice
Today is election day across the U.S. and a lot of voters are going to get fooled…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Another Halloween, Ruined
When Darlene and I moved to Pagosa Springs, we thought at first that we might escape the madness that Halloween has become…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Freedom, By the Numbers
The report scored each state on 97 “policy variables” across 10 categories of economic and personal freedom…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Jon Stewart, for Two More Years
The world of political comedy has been a roller coaster ride lately…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Flood
“The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: John Lennon and the Peasants
My parents didn’t approve of me listening to that album, partly because of the ‘adult language’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Outlaws of Alberta, Canada
Here in Colorado during the late 1800s, we had Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, the Telluride Trio, the Ham Math Gang, the Reed Brothers…
READY, FIRE, AIM: ‘I Did That!’
Historically, when the price of gas goes above $4 a gallon, two things happen…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Big Crazy International Backyard Ultra Foot Race
There’s no finish line. Only crazy runners who are ultimately “finished….”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Beer is Now Cheaper Than Gas
It’s hard to find anything, in 2026, that’s priced in a way that actually feels good…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Are We Getting Dumber Every Day?
“Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic…”