Tim Timmons

Gerrymandering, according to the good folks at the dictionary George Merriam and Noah Webster started is “the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections.” For the purposes of today’s scribbles, let’s just focus on one word – unfair.…

My recent scribbles must have struck a chord because my email inbox blew up. Some of you may remember a column I penned talked about getting back to basics in life; simplifying things, so to speak. Surprisingly, at least to me, was that a fair amount of feedback came from the millennials and not just…

A few weeks ago we announced our next exciting venture with Collette Travel, a trip to Costa Rica with The Times and TV funnyman Dick Wolfsie. The editors tell me here’s the part where I have to share all the details – although I think a few witty comments thrown in might work out better.…

For the regular couple of dozen who read these scribbles (what can I say – it’s grown from eight or nine; like the kids say, I’m blowing out . . . or trendifying . . . or something like that), you may recall that I tend to like messages from a pastor named Allen Jackson…

Elsewhere on this page, we’re announcing our next big trip with our friends at Collette Travel. Don’t know about you, but I first heard about Collette from watching my favorite game show, Wheel of Fortune. (Could I have an E, Pat, uh, I mean Ryan?) This destination is Costa Rica and folks will enjoy the…

Summertime, and the living is easy, according to Porgy and Bess and Mr. Gershwin. For the regular 20 to 30 (my numbers are skyrocketing!) who read these scribbles, you may recall that I hate cold and love summer. So the other day, while happily sweating under a hot July sun, I was daydreaming about how…

Blind loyalty. We have, or maybe had, a rich history in this country of blind loyalty. Whether it comes to family where siblings could fight like cats and dogs . . . until an outside stepped in. Then the siblings were united as never before and the outsider was in for a long day. The…

How did we get this far off track? It’s been almost a month and the grumbling is still going on over cuts in the budget. Let me see if I have this straight? The one thing that pretty much everyone could agree on . . . say over the last millennia or so . .…

Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Charles G. Dawes . . . * * * OK, SO THE scuttlebutt is that Trump is playing with the idea of a third term? But is he really? With Donald J. Trump, who knows? I truly believe half the drivel that comes out of his mouth he means,…