Violence at political rallies? Creating apparent threats? Very old stuff. I happened to read the other night descriptions of some rallies when the violence was real. In one, a Republican…
Last week, fire gutted the Century Inn in Scenery Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Built between 1788 and 1794, it was still serving great country cooking three years ago when I…
A census-taker in backwoods Kentucky, found hanged, naked, with ‘FED’ scrawled in black magic marker on his chest: most people remember hearing about it. No one I’ve asked…
‘Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco: Treat Yourself to the Best’. Across the western Appalachians, that motto appeared on barns close to well-traveled roads. One side would get a…
Singer-songwriter John Prine turned 66 today, Oct. 10. ‘Happy Birthday!’ to one of the best there is. I was surprised when WUMB’s Perry Persoff saluted Prine this…
We’ve been driving byways for the past 16 days. This is another report from the road. *** Energy’s past and present we’ve seen in signs: from upstate…
Nine days ago, we left Vermont for visits with cousins and friends in Upstate New York and Ohio. Along the way, we’ve seen wonderful sites and met some…
What does it mean when 78.9 percent of today’s Louisianans were born there? Nothing good, infers Richard Florida, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and Director of the Martin Prosperity…