Op-ed Columns
One of my fears is that I'll die and my family will throw out, or sell cheaply, my things that have value.
by John Moore April 3, 2022DALLAS – More than two years later I was finally on my way to a favored diversion, the Dallas Auto Show.
by Andrea Miller April 2, 2022Some days are just lucky ones. Such was the day I found a half-century old console stereo at an estate sale.
March 27, 2022For those bemoaning the systematic devaluation of university teaching as a career and a calling, UCLA just put a hard number to the complaint.
by Tribune News Service March 26, 2022Two key inflation drivers are the prices of cars and gasoline, and manufacturers have a answers to with feature laden subcompact SUVs like the 2022 Kia Seltos.
by Bill Owney March 26, 2022This week in 1982: Nicaragua asked the U.N. to denounce the U.S. invasion of its territory; OPEC moved to bolster oil prices, cutting production by 700,000 bar…
March 24, 2022PHILADELPHIA -- In the opening scene of Peacock's "Bel-Air," Will (Jabari Banks) blasts Freeway's hit song "What We Do" from an app on his smartphone.
by Tribune News Service March 24, 2022Q. My partner has a very cordial relationship with her ex. They adopted a child together and share custody now, so I am with their son quite often. I have had …
by Tribune News Service March 23, 2022This space is usually relegated to discussions centered on fried baloney sandwiches, classic TV shows, and the like. But today, I'm venturing into Dear Abby te…
March 20, 2022Q. My ex was always verbally abusive. He would call me terrible names and never cared if the kids were around. Now that we have broken up, he's upped the ante.…
March 16, 2022Spring had arrived, but the heat and humidity had not. It was glorious.
March 13, 2022The best thing one can say about the Buick Envision is that it feels like a Buick.
by Bill Owney March 12, 2022When I was a kid growing up in Ashdown, Arkansas, we picked up three channels. ABC, CBS, and NBC. PBS existed somewhere else near big cities. We'd heard of it,…
March 6, 2022The State of the Union Address is pointless.
by James Bright March 4, 2022The things people use on a daily basis mostly go unnoticed. A watch, knife, or Bible typically doesn't have a lot of actual value. That is until the person who…
February 27, 2022