Stan Badgett

DEAR HEART. TINY YOUNG.  She pastored the Pentecostal Holiness Church right here in Carbondale. It was a simple concrete block structure painted white with an A-frame roof. No elegance or […]

He took his own life in the year 2000. I knew him for 40 years. We were climbing buddies and best friends in the ‘60s, but our bond of respect extended […]

A reasonable person is able and willing to reason. Such a person is respectful of logic, not suspicious of it, and is willing to follow the argument wherever it leads. […]

Bob Cook told me this story years ago, so hats off to him. He was working graveyard shift in the coal mine. It was Christmas Eve. The superintendent told the […]

When the curtain rises, all is hushed. The conductor lifts his arms, signals to the orchestra, and the symphony begins. He is in control of the ebb and flow of […]

Back in the ‘60s, I lived on a cramped back porch on The Hill in Boulder. Two mattresses were jammed side by side — one for my high school buddy, […]

Ask my students — I’m a stickler when it comes to using the word “like.” Generally, it’s prohibited in my classroom. At least when it’s meant to stand for veritably […]

I’m a columnist, not a communist. I believe it’s a good idea to divide a sheet of paper by a vertical line, creating two columns, a device making honest comparisons […]