Op-ed Columns

If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying to explain the…

A granddaddy long legs climbed onto my face while I was out brush hogging on the tractor.

Ever have one of those moments where something in your head says you need to do something, but you're not sure why? Recently, a memory I have of my grandfather…

The door of a 1971 Buick Electra 225 Limited is longer than its name, and likely heavier than the entire car you're driving now.

This column appears in over 30 papers in the South. I'm always pleasantly surprised by the amount of messages I receive and from where they come.

My love affair with Mazda was born more than 30 years ago.

As a kid growing up in Ashdown, Arkansas, there were places I was supposed to be found and a couple of places I wasn't.

I remember my parents' first remote control. It was me.

Some parents will tell you firsthand there's no expiration date on this raising kids gig. For some, that means they extend financial help to their kids into ad…

When I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first comment was "Eww." Their second comment was: "How…

The earliest movie I remember seeing at the drive-in was Fantastic Voyage. If you haven't seen that one, it's essentially Honey I Shrunk The Kids. Only they we…

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Many people have heard of porch pirates, who pilfer items delivered to homes, but probably know little about unwanted packages sent to a ho…

Any psychiatrist will tell you that you're not losing your mind if you think car prices have gone crazy.

We need more Archie Bunkers and Fred Sanfords today.

I've spent the last few weeks, maybe like a lot of you, scrolling through happy Facebook photos from friends and acquaintances: Final school plays. Graduations…