by Doug Thompson | Feb 12, 2021 | Musings
In a period of my adult, professional, life, I spent many days (and nights) on planes flying around the world. For many of those years, I kept track of time with a Rolex GMT-Master II watch that kept track of two or three time zones at once. The secondary, 24-hour...
by Doug Thompson | Feb 8, 2021 | Musings, Sports
Floyd County High School’s Buffaloes varsity basketball guys open regional tournament play at home Monday against Appomattox at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Buffs travel to Glenvar, which hosts them for their opening match at 6 p.m. That’s the schedule. Floyd County...
by Doug Thompson | Feb 1, 2021 | Musings, Weather
The only way to get around Washington on some snow days Looks like Washington, DC, received more snow than us this weekend. Some, of course, would say the Nation’s Capitol deserves whatever it gets in terms of weather, storms, hurricanes or tornadoes. We saw a...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 31, 2021 | Musings, Opinion
In 1981, we moved from Alton, IL, to the Washington, DC area, so I could start what I then thought would be, at most, a two or three-year sabbatical to lean more about how our national government worked, so I could use that knowledge as a newspaperman. We looked...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 31, 2021 | Musings
Depending on where you are, there’s 4-7 inches of snow on the ground as the storm appears to have moved East and leaves only a chance of some mild snow or freezing rain. This leaves most Floyd Countians snug at home on a Sunday morning with little need or desire...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 30, 2021 | FUBAR, Musings
When I walked into the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill in March 1981 to begin work as a press secretary to Rep. Paul Findley of Illinois I nodded to the police officer at the desk in the lobby without any metal detectors or security. Same for when I went...
