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Thick skin
Opinion
Kenny Mitchell on March 16, 2020
Thick skin

This past weekend, thanks to my friend Loretta Collins, I sequestered myself in a quiet little cabin, to get away.
I was tired, ill and sad and getting away from everything was the answer.
The past week was a tough one. Long hours, little sleep and a nagging little monster in my head meant little rest.
Then came the claims of bias and slanted journalism.  The very thing that I have spent close to 15 years doing in Bowie County was questioned. Credibility earned over all those years of being at cou...

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