Mack Thompson, Editor I spent most of my working life alone. Whether it was as a radio operator for the State Police working the twelve hour midnight shift or as a Highway Patrol Trooper in a car by myself, I had a lot of time to let my mind roam and …roam it did.Usually it roamed to stuff that didn’t make much sense to me. Such as why do we put round…
By Mack Thompson, Editor I was at Walmart the other day and happened upon an older woman trying desperately to reach something on the top shelf in one of the food aisles. I stopped and asked her if I could get that for her and she said, “please”. I retrieved the item and she thanked me as I went on my way. I felt so good about that act of kindness that…
By Mack Thompson, Editor Everyone who worked for the State Police as long as I did havedinged up a patrol car. Although I may have set a new standard for starting early. My father and his cousin worked for the department also, and during that time, we lived in Little Rock. One day when I was about three-years-old, my dad and cousin Dale, who lived with us at the time, went to…
