

James BigBoy Medlin
- Dec 24, 2018
- 2 min
WHY NOT? / Breaking News
It’s been hard to keep up with the fast-breaking stories at year’s end. I may have confused a few events, but here’s a capsule review....


James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
- Dec 20, 2018
- 8 min
WHY NOT? / The Brain Trust (Early Days)
On an unseasonably warm (is warm ever “unseasonable” any more?) day in mid-October 2015, Travis Redfish headed North in his orange 1970...


James 'BigBoy' Medlin
- Aug 22, 2018
- 8 min
WHY NOT? / Et Tu Ted: End of the Trump Era
As loath as I am to relate stories that may be lacking in veracity, I feel compelled to share this narrative. Very recently, an...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Jun 29, 2018
- 2 min
Why Not? / The Ultimate Gun Regulation Survey
My father would shoot me for even broaching this subject. But he’s dead, so I proceed with limited fear. Much has changed since the...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Mar 25, 2018
- 2 min
WHY NOT? / Crazy About Trump
Please help me! I fear my mind is going and I am suffering from a terrifying delusion. It seems like this fellow Trump is part of every...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Feb 25, 2018
- 3 min
WHY NOT? / We Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us
Like the rest of the civilized world, I have followed the gut-wrenching coverage of the various shootings at public schools. My gut...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Jan 22, 2018
- 5 min
WHY NOT? / Three Notes Searching for a Tune
November: Befuddlement Perhaps you might have a cure for my case of Chronic Befuddlement. The first symptoms appeared after hearing...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Aug 15, 2017
- 3 min
Enchanted by Silver City
Thirteen years ago Lynn and I were living in the Los Angeles beach community known as Venice. One day we got a phone call from Lynn’s...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Jun 30, 2017
- 10 min
FEAR the FOURTH
June 30, 2017 somewhere in the southwest: -------------------------------------- “Beware the Ides of March my massive white ass!” Travis...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Apr 10, 2017
- 3 min
The Revelations of Juarez Smythe-Jones
Have you ever wondered about the background of panhandlers? I have. That’s why I recently invited a bearded hobo to join me for lunch at...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Mar 31, 2017
- 5 min
The Man Who Ate The Dodo
Susan! Susan, I know you’ll never hear this – Oh God! I don’t even know if you’re still alive. Please forgive me. What has he done...


James BigBoy Medlin / Photos: Silver City Press
- Jan 23, 2017
- 3 min
Marching in Silver City: Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of Trump…
Silver City, New Mexico is the boyhood home of Billy The Kid. It has a population of 10,000. Fifteen years ago, when I asked my...


James 'BigBoy' Medlin
- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
The Chair
It was not a snowy evening when I walked through the woods of Gila Forest, but there were miles to go before I sleep. And two trails did...