It didn't surprise me when, backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Father Thomas Joseph White began telling me that while he enjoyed touring with his band the Hillbilly Thomists, which consists of musical friars, he enjoys writing more. When not playing banjo in Nashville, White is rector of the Angelicum in Rome; the school's most famous alumnus is Pope John Paul II. His latest book is an authoritative study of the Holy Trinity.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
30 YEARS AGO
Dear Doctors: I broke my ankle about 18 months ago. Now, in the area just above the break, the skin on my leg has turned a dark color, like a bruise.
DEAR HARRIETTE: A friend came by to visit me the other day, and the whole time she was coughing. It was strange, given how hyper-vigilant everybody got about wearing masks during the height of the COVID epidemic. When I looked at her funny after she kept on coughing, she assured me that she doesn't have COVID. To me, that doesn't mean you should continue to cough all over people.
Dear Editor, The December 24 edition of the Clinton Daily News reports the intention of AllianceHealth to transfer Clinton hospital patient records, including radiographs, to a facility in Durant, Oklahoma.
The House of Representatives passed the $1.65 trillion omnibus spending blowout, and the bill is loaded with earmarks and pet priorities from healthcare to public lands that few members have bothered to read.
Dear Doctors: While stationed in Alaska more than 35 years ago, I experienced the tips of my fingers turning white in the cold weather. A doctor said it probably Raynaud's syndrome. Does this condition slow down healing? I ask because a deep scratch on my shin still hasn't healed after four weeks.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I've been a diversity, equity and inclusion coach for about six years now, and it's been a great experience — I love working with professionals of all ages and helping them learn, grow and educate themselves. In 2020 I realized the demand for DE&I coaches was much higher than it had been before.
In my experience, it's a rare man who wakes up at age 49 and starts beating up women. Chances are, then, that this wasn't University of Texas basketball coach Chris Beard's first rodeo. It's just that nobody's ever called the cops before.