Peter Merkl News Today

When I was 13, like tens of thousands of desperate 1970s New Yorkers, we left friends, family, and the familiar behind to light out for Texas.

I put my head down next to his, and he gazed unblinkingly into my eyes for about 30 seconds; it felt like an ancient sage was searching my soul.

Families of those missing in action are bound by cruel uncertainty to keep churning through a tragic past which grows hazier with each passing year.

Because the events of our lives often seem so random – and sometimes even cruel – trusting that plan is about the most difficult thing you can do.

Due to the higher IQs of all the other parents, I became a Cub Scout Den Leader in 1999. I avoided leadership positions for the rest of my life.

Are we willing to wage world war, particularly when we know that this time there are hypersonic nuclear missiles?

Peter Merkl

Peter Merkl

“We’re not even out of the parking lot,” my long-suffering wife moaned, “and you’ve already managed to hit two things.” “It was one thing twice."

We Lincoln Loggers get lost in the virtual world. No matter how carefully we proceed, we keep running into digital dead ends.