Author Archives: David Carroll

  This just in: America needs a good laugh. We’re two months into 2021, and we now know 2020 never really left. I am taking a break from the gloom… Read more »

Recently I was honored to deliver the eulogy for my uncle, Owen Norris of Ider, Alabama. He was a child of the Great Depression. He learned how to build and… Read more »

  It has been three months since the presidential election, and three weeks since the inauguration. The division continues. Of course, this is nothing new. If you paid attention in… Read more »

Being a news guy is a weird occupation these days. When I got into the profession back in the 80s, there was no Twitter, no Facebook, and very few cable… Read more »

Have you had “the dream?” I posed that question on Facebook recently, and was astonished to learn that almost everyone has. The dream takes us back to school. We must… Read more »

Most of us are who we are, because of the adults who influenced us in our youth. Our parents, grandparents, older siblings, teachers and others. I was blessed to have… Read more »

All right, let’s get this column started. Who wants to talk politics? How about a show of hands. Nobody? Don’t you want to know why I think those runoff elections… Read more »

This was not supposed to happen. At this point, we should not have to worry about the future of our nation. We have had more than 240 years to work… Read more »

As you may have noticed by now, I’m “old school,” which is a way of saying you’re old, but by adding the word “school” it softens the blow. Unlike my… Read more »

As anyone who knows me will gladly testify, I’m not above recycling an old joke. Or three. For example: A pastor was enraged when he found a charge for a… Read more »