Front Porch Expressions

Why did I play football in junior high and high school? Sometimes I think back to those days more than four decades ago and ask myself that question. My first thought is, I did it because I have always loved the game. But you can love a game without playing it. In fact, I get [...]

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Last night was a typical nasty February night in Iowa. Cold. Windy. The four inches of snow that had fallen nearly 24 hours earlier was blowing and drifting on rural roads. It was the kind of night where you’d like to be inside, wrapped in a blanket and curled up with a good book near [...]

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I love Iowa. I love our family values, work ethic and common sense way of approaching things. But I’ll admit I love Iowa more in the spring and fall than I do in the summer and winter. In general I can handle the warm summer weather and the cold winter weather. But it’s the temperature [...]

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You’ve won a big race, and you’re headed to Victory Lane. There will be a trophy presentation and photos. Reporters and the track announcer will ask you to make some comments and answer some questions. What should you say or do? Or, perhaps more important, what shouldn’t you say or do? Our informal panel of [...]

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It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m home and I appreciate that. For many years, when I worked as a subcontractor for NASCAR, I was often out of town for that special day. I was the media relations guy — they called people like me media coordinators — for NASCAR’s All-Star Series, a Midwest-based touring series for [...]

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Note: This guest blog was written for my friend Brian Allen’s blog at KSFY-TV. Check out his blog regularly at http://www.ksfy.com/blogs/allen. You’ll be glad you did! My Grandpa Roberts always said, “There’s nothing dumber than people.” A new group of them proves that every day. They make me want to ask them, “What were you [...]

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