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    Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 20 February 2026

    Who should use AI?

    For the professional writer to use AI? Mostly, no way. For research? Great. Technique? Oh sure, there’d be great technique, “Hey Gemini, I need this column on ‘KIDS HAVING CELLPHONES’ written from a sarcastic humorous viewpoint. And, oh yeah, it needs to be no longer than 520 words, please.” And presto, print it out and I would have a masterpiece worthy of my own puny plastic Pulitzer.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 15 February 2026
    Favoring your favorite sets them up badly
    Do your natural favorite a huge favor. Back off. Take a long-distance look at what you are doing. How you are treating all your kids. 
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 31 January 2026
    Hopelessness kills
    Life is hard. Don’t let hopelessness make your life even harder. Believe in your tomorrow. Even in the bad times.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 28 January 2026
    Mirrors and eyes tell the truth
    Folks, you are not your body, you have deeper things to worry about than that. You have a spirit that needs real care. Take care of that body, definitely. But more importantly, take care of your spirit.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 22 December 2025
    How do the holidays make you feel?
    Give the gift of love to those who have less-than-joyful holiday experiences coloring their outlook on the holidays. Love them in the form of being understanding, patient and caring. And one of the greatest gifts you can give is to Just. Be. Present.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 10 December 2025
    NFL player's advice: Just keep driving
    Newbie NFL football player Desmond Watson, just out of college and weighing in at a hefty 464 pounds, needed to lose weight in order to get off the bench. After a dramatic loss of 35 pounds of flab, he was asked how he had managed to reach that goal.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 13 October 2025
    When you receive horrible news
    Grieve openly. In your own way and for as long as you need. Grieving is natural. Let yourself experience the pain as it comes and goes in your life. So that it can eventually go.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 3 October 2025
    Don't just quickly apologize
    Do your relationship a huge favor. Stop and think. Put yourself in your spouse’s shoes.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 25 September 2025
    Storms outside bring clouds inside
    Outside storms can be horrible and life changing for a while. But the inside storms – those are the ones that change us for the rest of our lives. We either get bitter, or we allow the storm to make us better. 
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 18 September 2025
    Enough is enough
    What has happened in the hearts of people in the USA? What has happened to civility?
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 11 September 2025
    Forget fighting, enjoy marriage
    Fighting fair. Not a spouse’s favorite saying when they are currently in the middle of “Who’s Gonna Win This Time” with their dreaded enemy of the moment.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 5 September 2025
    Parenting takes time and patience – lots of patience
    Sweet lovable babies will grow quickly into messy toddlers, who will become energetic kids, then mouthy teens, and finally independent young adults. But it does take time and patience. Lots of patience.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 2 September 2025
    The 'Conagher' tumbleweeds and tussles
    If you have ever watched the old movie “Conagher,” a Western based on a rough 'n' tough cowboy with a gigantic sense of right and wrong, then you might well remember the story line’s leading lady. An attractive young widow with two children, left in a lonely shack out in the boonies after the supposed death of her husband. 
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 22 August 2025
    Hurting improves you
    So, to the hurting, our words may seem rather artificial. The one who is hurting can sense whether you know what they are going through. But that is all we can do, offer our uneducated sympathy and our help. Our Creator knows all this.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 15 August 2025
    Chocolate bars are great
    Alex suddenly realized he was starving – according to his standards. Of course, that standard set low, as his stomach pretty much governed his life. Forty-five minutes without something going into his mouth seemed like forever to that growing teenager. 
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 5 August 2025
    The guardian with a learning paddle
    Grandma was a healthy, strapping woman who believed in her grandkids having their learning abilities attached to their behinds, and believed a healthy strong spanking would drive the needed information home.
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