Chad Estes

I wish I had been wrong, and I certainly don’t mean to gloat. In football we call it spikin’ the ball. I don’t want to do that. As humble as I can be I want all of the naysayers to admit that we were right. The called us names…conspiracy...

I am writing this on the day before Thanksgiving 2024.  It just so happens that my usually-weekly commentary is being posted on Turkey Day. I don’t want this to be a cheesy Thanksgiving-is-a-good-thing commentary, but, rather a genuine moment of reflection on how...

Mainstream is defined as “belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.:” Perhaps I am a bit corny or old-fashioned, but I was brought up to believe that “mainstream” meant middle...or the direct flow of the...

In a bit of self-reflection, I dug into my archives this week to get a tempo of just how accurate I have been doing over the past 20 years in my evaluation of the evolution of the American culture. I was pleasantly surprised at how accurate my assessments have been…if...