The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

It is not easy some days to stay above the fray and avoid being consumed by events immediately surrounding us, particularly when they include current politics, economic realities and a cultural malaise that has been with us for some time. At street level, it can be draining to recognize and fend off what is debilitating in our everyday lives. Even when we recognize dysfunction for what it is, doing something about it is a whole ‘nother matter. A better perspective is not always possible nor available. Communications-wise, there is simply too much noise drowning out thought processes in ways th...