Author Archives: David Carroll

I grew up in such a simple time. From the time I was 6, I manned the cash register at my family’s grocery store. Here’s how it worked. Let’s say… Read more »

Full disclosure: I have exactly zero credibility as a psychic. Let me count the ways. In the 1980s, I predicted that Pat Sajak would stop spinning his wheel, and would replace… Read more »

I have long been an advocate for character education in schools. Unfortunately, many children get little training in good behavior at home, whether it be from poor role models or… Read more »

Despite my childhood dreams, I have reached an inevitable conclusion: I could never be President of the United States. Oh sure, it once seemed like a fun job. I’d see… Read more »

In the 1930s, President Herbert Hoover’s second-in-command was Vice President Charles Curtis, who had once been a powerful Senator. A magazine article about Vice President Curtis is credited with coining… Read more »

“Chattanooga Tom” Phillips has died at the age of 67, following a lengthy bout with cancer.  He was a proud native of Dalton, GA, and was a huge fan of… Read more »

In my neck of the woods, regular gasoline can be purchased at the low, low price of about $2.40 a gallon at this writing. At various times, I have expressed… Read more »

  I know some of you expect hard-hitting political commentary when reading a newspaper column. Well, not today. There are no elections any time soon, and we could all use… Read more »

I’m quite proud of my rural upbringing in a country store in Bryant, Alabama. We had only one school, one restaurant, and no traffic lights. We used to grow cotton,… Read more »

We’re advanced enough to send rockets to the moon (again), so why can’t we answer these questions: If it’s neither here nor there, then where is it exactly? Why can’t… Read more »