January 13, 2026
Most dust storms are wide and destructive, but out on the Mojave Desert there are skinny, languid dust devils that wander aimlessly across the desert floor, sometimes two or three others in tow.
Daily Whip Out: "The Lazy Wanderer" If you are seeking perspective on the current collapse of our culture, like I am, here are a couple of clues I have picked up in the last 24 hours: The old WWII order, sometimes called "the postwar liberal international order" is collapsing all around us. Our codes of civility, our respect for the truth and our faith in institutions is nearing zero.
There are multiple warnings signs about being on the "wrong side of history," which seems odd to me because most history is merely some version of what happened that most of us agree to believe. Even that is eroding. Why?
"Social media has dissolved the mortar of our society."
—Jonathon Haidt
Which, if you want to get all technical about it, includes this blog post!
Meanwhile, in baseball news, got this great flyer from a new league forming up down on Goose Flats.
Bill Jensen, who did the poster, was wondering if I still had the original to this whip out:
That's Tom McLaury on the mound and Ike Clanton with his head bandage as the catcher and of course, Doc Holliday using his shotgun as a bat. Ha. I may have to redo this with a little more detail. It's a zany idea.
Speaking of Tombstone and the boys, in the We Get Mail department, I got this handwritten letter over the Christmas holiday:
Sick to Death of Doc and Wyatt
I was just wondering if you could tell me: was there anyone else besides the Earps, Doc Holliday and the people who were their enemies who lived in the West during that time? Because most of the stories in the magazine are them. I had a subscription for a few years and every single issue had something about them in it. And some issues it was mostly the book. And most was just information that had been printed in the magazine in the past, sometimes only a few months before! Now I seen a Shooting Back letter about "Billy the Kid" being written and written and written about and he is tired of it. For sure it is the Earp's and Doc Holliday. There has to have been other people in the area and other things going on besides them! I would like to hear and learn about them. Not just the same few people, over and over, and over again! Teach us more about the big cattle ranches, the men and women who owned them, how they got there, and what happened to them. What was day to day life like back then? Who was breeding a good horse to help with the work? Tell us about some of the "Special Cattle" and maybe some stories about certain steers, or Studs that lead the cattle drives or improved the herd and how. It's time to dig deeper and tell us about more than just a few people. Tell us about some of the lesser known gunfighters and how they came to be. What happened to them in their lives, why they were on the "Right side of the law, or the wrong side." It's a lot bigger place than just a few people and we need to learn about!
—Randy Worthington, Sandy, Utah
Okay, I hate this, but he does have a point. We—especially me!—do sometimes get carried away with our pet characters and movies and perhaps it's time to find a new set of jackasses?
On The Road Again
"I've been on facebook for 16 years. I remember when this was all farmland."
—Old Boomer Saying
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