Once upon a time in a land far away there was a small country that was ruled...
Randy Weeks
It was November 25, 1963. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy had been assassinated three days earlier. I was...
I’ve conducted many interviews through the years with Supreme Court Justices, ghosts, presidents, disgraced coaches, politicians, entertainment...
Nearly every week now there are senseless shootings in this “land of the free and the home...
On April 25 Carolyn Bryant Donham’s voice was silenced when she died under hospice care in Westlake,...
I dreamt last night of my mother. I was in bed and she was gently nudging me,...
When musicians take a song into the studio for recording, it’s common for it to go through...
“Waste knot, want knot” my daddy often said. But at this moment in thyme I was at...
In 1976 I was a junior Church Music major at William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and...
In recent months Top Secret documents have been found in the residences of former President Donald Trump,...
When I was in elementary school—third or fourth grade as I recall—a group of us boys became...
Over the holidays I became a bionic man. My brilliant and skilled doctor replaced my left knee...
Christmas has its nativity scene, Judaism has its menorah, Kwanza has its Mishumaa Sabaa, Buddhism has Bodhi...
This year the holiday season will be different from any before for many, including the four families...
Like Moses parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could flee from Egypt on dry land, the...
Random things I’ve heard or read—mostly on The Balcony.Most of the names have been changed to protect...
Sometimes the story comes to you. I was out late the first of October. Fall was in...
My car was on the fritz a few weeks ago and I couldn’t find a rental, so...
Both my parents were born into large families (8–13 children) during the Great Depression. They were small-time...
I have a request of you before you read this column. Ask yourself the question “Who am...