I remember it as clearly as yesterday. There it was in my Weekly Reader: “By the year 2000, the United States and the rest of the world will be...

In the South, the only thing you can say that’s considered bigger fightin’ words than, “Why didn’t you put beans in your chili?” is to speak ill of...

Preservation of our county history is critical and the recording of family stories paramount if we are to fully appreciate what our ancestors...

I’ve always worked at least two, sometimes three jobs. My dad said it built character. Maybe so, but what I noticed was that it built my bank...

Rush Limbaugh single handedly revived AM radio. In 1988, his syndicated talk show brought people back to a place they had left for the FM dial. AM...

Scorching East Texas temperatures will be here before you know it, and the best way to deal with air conditioning issues is to prevent them from...

Dandelions are a hot topic these days. Lawn folks want to kill them, and bee folks want to keep them, while foragers are looking to eat them. ...

When we think of someone becoming an instant sensation, we think of the Internet. But long before AOL offered floppy disks and dial-up through an...

Hello from the Fox Den! We had another weekend of hard rains and I hope that everyone made it through the storms okay. As winter fades into...

I’ve been pondering this column for a week. How do you say goodbye when you’re not completely saying goodbye? As I said last week, I’m stepping aside as editor of the...

Most Americans get a refund every year, with the average check weighing in at $2,895 last year. Even though it’s really money that they earned, many people are tempted to...

Lots of Folks along El Camino Real have been getting further and further behind with a new set of storms coming in every weekend. Its getting harder to get caught up on...

Organizing your tax records not only makes filing your tax return easier, it also helps you find the financial documents you need throughout the year. Whether you’ve...

There hasn’t been much progress in regards to my little garden considering the cold and rainy weather we experienced over the weekend. Although it did warm up some on...

One invites correction when declaring folks to be champions of anything. I learned this lesson 60 years ago as the editor of a small-town newspaper, when a local farmer...