Ezra's Essays

Category: July 2010

  • A TWOFER

    The title to this essay is a phonetic one as spoken by Americans.  Its real derivation comes from baseball.  If a hitter gets two hits in his four or five at-bats, he will announce that he had a “twofer.”  (If he was hitless in his times at bat, he would mournfully say, “I had an…

  • THE SACKING OF TONY HAYWARD

    On Monday, July 26, the board of directors of the British Petroleum Company, known now as BP, met to consider the fate of Tony Hayward, its Chief Executive Officer.  I think that it was a foregone conclusion that BP had to separate itself from the honorable Dr. Tony Hayward. In the British way of doing…

  • PREACHERS

    The basic question that this essay proposes is “Where are the preachers now that you need them?”  According to news accounts, we are now into the seventy-seventh day of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Pious pilgrims, such as myself, have searched for answers.  We have made inquiries along ecclesiastical lines but…

  • REFUDIATE

    The Duchess of Alaska, Sarah Palin, had a pronouncement over the past weekend.  On two occasions, which were recorded in newscasts, Sarah used the word “refudiate.”  When she was asked to explain what “refudiate” meant, she said that William Shakespeare made up new words at various times in his career.  Those of us in the…

  • POSOLE

    I am writing this essay in the hopes that it will prove to Tom Scandlyn, Howard Davis and Jim Reese that this old country boy’s tastes have gone to new heights.  As a public service, I will try to save you a trip to your dictionary because the word “posole” is another upscale word for…

  • IN MEMORIAM ABELINO MAZARIEGO (1953-2010)

    There are two essays in this package having to do with the murder of Abelino Mazariego.  The second essay is called, “I’m still as mad as hell.”  These essays were written in anger and contain a few redundancies and a few errors.  But in the second essay, I have tried to correct some of the…

  • DELICT

    Those of you who have followed my career know that I have spent my full time in study and in contemplation of the great theological works.  In spite of the fact that I have spent nearly 88 years in the study of theological works, I was astounded to find that there was a religious word…

  • BACKWARDS IT HAVE I

    This morning I was amazed to hear that Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin have announced their engagement.  I know that my age is approaching that of Methuselah, and there are those who would accuse me of having antediluvian ideas.  But I always thought that the way to romance had to do with a boy and…