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My Latest Thoughts
These columns will come from Mike Bibb of Safford, AZ. He enjoys sharing his latest thoughts and comments with the public.
- Category: My Latest Thoughts
By Mike Bibb
The new Fort Bayard flagpole — in recognition of the Spanish-American War in 1898 (The Beat, April 13, 2025) — reminded me of a picture I took recently.
Only, regarding a slightly different topic.
When traveling the backroads between Arizona and New Mexico, I occasionally pass through the ranching area of Mule Creek, a micro-dot sized community on New Mexico State Route 78, about 50 miles northwest of Silver City.
The downtown area consists of a post office and not much else. It is also the junction of a graded road to the Silver City FAA Radar Site, an active installation located on Brushy Mountain, about ten miles east of the post office.
- Category: My Latest Thoughts
62 Years Later, It's Still "Who Shot JFK?"
By Mike Bibb
On Friday, November 22, 1963, I was a junior in high school, getting ready to board a school bus for an out-of-town football game in a distant Arizona community.
Around noon that day, the school's public address system announced President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas as he rode in a motorcade. Details were sketchy.
A couple of hours later, another announcement said the 35th President had died.
A local decision had to be made: Was the football game still on or cancelled?
- Category: My Latest Thoughts
By Mike Bibb
Finally, it looks like the folks at the Internal Revenue Service will be shown a little justice of their own.
With April 15 quickly approaching, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced the appointment of two former IRS agents to investigate and recommend changes to the Service.
These two agents were also involved in revealing the cover-up, discrepancies and favoritism shown Hunter Biden in his tax scandal.
With the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) exposing other department's waste, fraud and abuse, it can now add the IRS' well recognized intimidation, fear tactics and sometimes prosecution of individuals it has targeted.
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