By DANNY MINTON Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Fair of Texas, in some ways, continues to operate on a limited basis. I grew up attending the State Fair just about every year I was in school. I remember the midway, the food, and museums on the Fair Park grounds. One of my favorites was the automobile exposition. My brother

By DANNY MINTON “Money is the root of all evil.” We’ve all heard that statement over the years. Some of us have probably even used it from time to time. Some have heard that it’s wrong to be rich because “Money is the root of all evil.” The problem is that statement is nowhere in the Bible. It’s part of

By DANNY MINTON I woke up early one morning and couldn’t go back to sleep; one of those mornings when things run through your mind like a racehorse. My mind was racing with issues with families, preparing for a funeral, and getting my weekly thoughts out. Sometimes I wake up and am concerned about something I said or did. I

By DANNY MINTON To wear a mask or not to wear a mask has been one of the biggest controversies during the pandemic. Some say it’s an invasion of their constitutional rights to require them to wear a mask. Others point out that masks will not keep you from getting the virus, while others post concerns about masks restricting oxygen

By DANNY MINTON Over the years, I’ve read articles and excerpts from books that speak of an experiment that supposedly took place in the U.S. in 1944. Some have said it was a Nazi experiment during the war, and others say it happened sometime in the 1800’s. My guess is that it did happen, and it was such a cruel

By DANNY MINTON There’s an old Russian tale about a Czar who was getting up in age. He became depressed, was so ill that the call went out that he was going to die. Physicians were summoned from around the country to come up with a cure for the Czar’s deadly illness. Everything the physicians tried failed. Finally, in the

By DANNY MINTON In the ’50s there were a lot of stories still hanging around from the World War II years. I remember one in particular about three little boys. One day these three boys were sitting around and began to argue about their dads and the war. The boys were boasting, as we may have done ourselves, about how

By DANNY MINTON I recently finished watching Ronald Reagan in the movie “Hellcats of the Navy,” where he plays the captain of a submarine during World War II. Early on, he must make a decision concerning a sailor who is in the water 100 yards from the submarine while an enemy ship is closing in on his sub. What does