Watts Cookin’ is a continuation of a column started in 1957 when Joe Watts became sports editor of The Herald Journal in Logan, Utah. Ray Nelson, Joe’s first editor, gave Joe’s column the Watts Cookin’ tag.

Here it is—2009—-52 years and thousands of columns later, and Joe is still writing Watts Cookin’—-this blog being its final resting place in the not to distant uncertain future.

This blog will include columns, essays, and thoughts  from Joe and some of his friends and writers he admires. The topics will be wide ranging, including sports, humor, politics, religion, economics, ethics and morality. It is a work in progress and will morph wherever it goes. It will gradually include great writings of the past from the world’s best commentators, and will be a publishing place for new writers with conventional and unconventional viewpoints.

Opinion pieces will be sought from others, and all are welcome to submit essays for publication. Comments about the articles will be published, but there will be no anonymous and unapproved comments posted.

Readers can be assured that all comments will be civil and purposeful. High standards of journalism will be expected.

The first ‘Hats Off’ kudo, which will be a regular feature of the blog, goes to Mike ‘Minty’ Mintari who has pushed, shoved, and encouraged Joe to do the blog—–and has provided all the technological work required to get the site up and running. His company, ‘www.YourWebWorker.com’ is highly recommended for anyone who wants to start a blog similar to this.