Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
This is Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system in the world, right here in the middle of Kentucky. I bring up Mammoth Cave during our Free Range Free Chat because on 9/11, it was announced MORE
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Last Call
Last Call: September 18, 2021
Good evening everyone and Happy Saturday night. I’m kind of excited because I get the whole house to myself for a few hours. So, if I want to watch some sappy movie, I will. If MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
The seasons are changing, as denoted by the changing theme of the NewsViews home page. The days get shorter, the light rays get longer, and are soon to be featured dappling through the trees, drawing MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 37
Howdy News Viewers and Happy Friday, this is Friday’s Free Chat, a place to talk about the happenings of the week in all those arenas of concern — political, personal, cultural, national and local and MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: September 14, 2021
Good morning, News Viewers and Happy Tuesday. Can you believe September is pretty much half over? My this year has just flown by. Fall is just around the corner and I have fall fever big MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards, co-founded by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam in 2015, unsurprisingly celebrates the latter while promoting wildlife conservation. This year’s finalists, announced at the start of the month, feature MORE
Last Call
Last Call: September 11, 2021
Goooood evening, News Viewers. Sure hope all is well in your world and everyone is staying safe. Although today is a day of remembrance, for us, it’s also a day of celebration. It’s Mr. G’s MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Things got real this week when Joe Biden gave the country the “dad talk” about the resisters who are wearing us out and making us sick, literally and figuratively. This minority of self-described “patriots” forget MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 36
Happy Friday, News Viewers. . . . . .wait, is “Happy” the right word? Maybe it should be Solemn Friday, Meditative Friday, Agitated Friday, Zen Friday, Serene Friday, Expectant Friday. . . . . or MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: September 07, 2021
Good morning. There are a few drawbacks to a long weekend. The first sucky part is it’s over and it’s back to reality. The other sucky part is the long weekend screws up your days MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Happy Labor Day, News Viewers, a day off for many humans; a day dedicated to the American Worker; a day initially set aside to honor the labor movement. While we may think parades, grilling, protesting MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
It’s Labor Day weekend already, so I believe that officially makes it Pumpkin Spice Season, amirite? I admit I pulled out a cookie mix — Betty Crocker/Pillsbury? — and baked some up in the air MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 35
Last year, in September of 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. In September of 2021, the Supreme Court allowed the most repressive Anti-Choice law in the nation to stand, seen as a precursor to the MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: August 31, 2021
Wow–and another month has flown by. Just think, in a few more weeks, it will be fall, my favorite time of year. Anyway. I wanted to take a few moments to welcome some new folks MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Welcome to Free Range, our Monday free chat with an environmental slant. This is the place for those wide ranging conversations about all things land and sea, sky and space, animals, birds, bugs and yes, MORE
Last Call
Last Call: August 28, 2021
Good evening and welcome from smokey, hot California, home of the GQP power grab to obtain the highest office in the state, governor. I won’t spend any time on this issue because it’s incredibly stupid. MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Another week has gone by and NewsViews was there with you when we found out we lost an epic rock and roll friend, Charlie Watts. Drummer of the Rolling Stones for 60 years, Charlie didn’t MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: August 24, 2021
Oh, nature’s air conditioning, how much I love you and how much my plants love you. No longer is the sun beating down on all of you and scorching and frying you to death. The MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
“Humans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come” Jeff Goodell What might an accurate worst-case picture of the planet’s climate-addled future actually look like, then? The MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Today, class, let’s talk about box wine. It’s been one of those weeks that has me considering quantity over quality. The world watches what’s going down in Afghanistan. Desperate people are flooding the last shred MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 33
As if there weren’t enough going on in the world, some idjit from Cultikistan decides to bomb the Capitol. Only he doesn’t do it, of course. He just talks about doing it, then films himself MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: August 17, 2021
Good morning and Happy Tuesday! At least, it’s not Monday. I so do not do well on Mondays. I’ll make it short and sweet because we have so many crisis going on all around us. MORE
Last Call
Last Call: August 14, 2021
So, I just wrote the date, double checked to make sure I had the correct date, then realized: Joe Biden’s still our president. So much for the bigly reinstatement of the Former Guy. Earlier today, MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Well, I do hope you plan to continue your celebrations well into the night on this First Annual Reinstatement Day with an evening of song, dance and reinstatement libations. There’s a party goin’ on right MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 32
Happy Friday, News Viewers, or maybe I should say “Happy Reinstatement Day” the day You Know Who declared his reinstatement to the presidency. Since it hasn’t happened, from this day forward, Friday the 13th will MORE