Category: Whitt & Wisdom
Whitt & Wisdom: A Wonderful Life
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor Back in the 1970s when I was in sales with the Ralston Purina Company, I was assigned to
Artificial vs. Human Intelligence
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor If you wanted to make a case for the superiority of artificial intelligence (AI) over human intelligence, consider this
Whitt & Wisdom: Should’ve Been a Cowboy
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor When Jim Shoulders passed away in 2007 I wrote a tribute to the rodeo legend in my CALF News column.
Whitt & Wisdom: Do You Have a Goathead Problem?
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor Most of us learned early in life about goatheads (also known as puncturevine or technically as Tribulus terrestris). I liked
Whitt & Wisdom: When Atlas Shrugged
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum was born in Saint Peterburg, Russia, in 1905. She was 12 years old when Vladmir Lenin led
Whitt & Wisdom: The Thunberg Effect
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor Years ago, I walked into a feed store displaying a sign that read, “Hire a teenager while they still
Whitt & Wisdom: Death and Taxes
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor “Nothing is certain except death and taxes,” said Benjamin Franklin. He made that statement in 1789, not many years after
It’s Time to Declare Our Independence Again
By Jim Whitt, Contributing Editor If you want to know what led to the creation of the United States of America, you have to read
Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant
By Jim Whitt, Contributing Editor In director Frank Capra’s classic film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, James Stewart is cast as Jefferson Smith, who is
Dealing With Adversity
By Jim Whitt, Contributing Editor A Galveston, Texas, newspaper ran a story about a woman and her pet parakeet named Chippie. It seems she was