Posts from February 2026
The Bottom Line
“Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man’s made out of muscle and blood, muscle and blood and skin and bones, a mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong.” These are the lyrics of a song made well-known by Tennessee Ernie Ford in the 1950s. It tells of the plight of the coal miner, working and working, only to “owe his soul to the company store”. A man is made out of mud (Genesis…