Dan Ponder

My first pedicure

I confess that after writing some 600 columns I never thought that I would write about a pedicure,…

Dick Yarbrough

Labor commissioner’s good deed hard to swallow

It is said that no good deed goes unpunished. If you don’t believe that, ask Mark Butler, commissioner…

Lynn Roberts

Mother Nature Prepares for Winter

I did not grow up with central heating and air conditioning, but at some point, we got it.…

Dan Ponder

Who gets the last word?

This past week my wife and I enjoyed the Lantern Tour at Pine hills Cemetery, Auburn’s oldest burial…

Dick Yarbrough

Junior E. Lee helps put reader responses in perspective

You are going to find this hard to believe but everybody doesn’t love me like you do. I…

Lynn Roberts

I Called Him Coach

He was born David Clark Mosely, but say the name “Butch” and everybody knew who you were talking…

Dan Ponder

The Best Hamburger in the World

I could profess to have some credibility in this area. My brother, Ernest, and I built, owned, and…

Lynn Roberts

Double Standard

It wasn’t long ago when the work of Boards of Education was never scrutinized. The people who served…

Opinion

The road to nowhere

The hot mineral springs were discovered when the Sealy brothers were drilling for oil in the 1920’s just…

Lynn Roberts

When Whoppers Become Lies

I think everybody enjoys a good whopper and I’m not talking about a hamburger. I’m talking about those…