Entries by Pete Mackey

Bad News From Your Doctor?

People who receive the word from their doctor that they have what might be a terminal disease often report that event as a paralyzing experience. The easiest thing to do is put your head in the sand – maybe it’s a bad dream that will go away. But it won’t. At a time like this, […]

The Grinch Lives?

For me, trying to ignore the Sound Off section in the Mobile paper is like driving by an accident scene without looking. I know that nothing good will come of it, but I can’t resist. If you have not had your daily limit of racial or religious intolerance, Sound Off has plenty to spare. Looking […]

If You Can Only Ask For One Christmas Gift …

I have been using an iPhone since Apple introduced the technology. It seems like I figure out a new way to use it every day. It comes out of the box with more features than a Swiss Army knife. If you still need more, there are apps to do just about everything – even turn […]

The Sad State of Alabama Politics

A headline in our local paper this morning reads “GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Favor Jail Time For Abortion Doctors.” Whether or not you agree with that position is not the point. The point is, you can bet that many of those polled are answering in the only way that they think that they can answer and […]