Op-ed Columns
Every day my inbox fills with emails from public relations firms, angling for a plug for an author's book or a new study on children. I delete most of them as …
May 17, 2022Q: What's the latest news about keeping my heart healthy? Heart disease runs in my family, and I've seen how terrible it can be. -- Lee T., Franklin, Tennessee
May 15, 2022Small town life is slower. I'm reminded of what I traded when I left Ashdown for big city life. Here's a message I received this morning:
May 15, 2022CHARLEVOIX, Michigan -- Like a Great Lakes passenger ship, the bow of my Cadillac Escalade cut through the fog of an April snow shower. Sure-footed, diesel-pow…
by Tribune News Service May 14, 2022On my work table is a box with half a dozen pairs of leather work gloves, yet when I gird myself for battle with rose bushes, poison ivy, and the army of critt…
by Bill Owney May 14, 2022When the weather was cool and the sky was clear, our mother led us to the backyard and put out blankets.
May 8, 2022Driving the sixth-generation Ford Explorer leads one to wonder how long Ford can delay rolling out the seventh iteration of America's top-selling SUV.
May 7, 2022This week in 1959: The Texas Company changed it's name to Texaco, Inc.; Fidel Castro asked the U.S. for $30 billion over 10 years to make Latin America safe fo…
by Doug Davis May 5, 2022The attractive young brunette had a bounce in her step and a broad smile on her face as she approached me in the health club parking lot.
April 30, 2022This week in 1985: The United States charged Israel with violating the Geneva Convention by deporting Shiite prisoners; scientists in Hawaii measured the earth…
April 28, 2022If you need a pickup that can haul hay bales or lumber during the week and climb mountain trails on the weekend, you probably already know about Ford's Tremor …
by Bill Owney April 23, 2022HOLLYWOOD, California -- It's a birthday year for the Lincoln Motor Company, as the company celebrates 100 years under Ford Motor Company ownership. The actual…
by Tribune News Service April 23, 2022SHADY LAKE, Ark. – BUP-WAAAAH!
April 16, 2022Unless you are a commercial fisherman, driving is probably the most dangerous thing you do each day. My name is Buddy Williams, and I have worked for the Texas…
April 10, 2022The wonderful multi-award-winning producer, writer and director Norman Lear was being interviewed by Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy asked Lear, now 99 years old, what adv…
April 9, 2022