Author Archives: David Carroll

Do these names mean anything to you? Zayre. Western Auto. Woolworth’s. For many of us, those names bring back fond memories of the stores of our youth. Some were downtown,… Read more »

As a social media user, I collect and publish misspellings, misinterpretations and other mishaps. The response has been overwhelming. One might even call it a title wave. For me, it’s… Read more »

I often write on how America has changed in my lifetime. Someday I will focus on the ways it has changed for the better. But for now, to paraphrase a… Read more »

My friend, colleague, and brother as far as I was concerned, has passed away suddenly at the age of 67. Garry Mac and I were competitors, co-workers, co-conspirators, and quite… Read more »

Forty years ago this week, I was doing my radio show when I heard that Karen Carpenter had died. We had no internet, so there were no sources of instant… Read more »

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 »