Opinion

DANNY TYREE

East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she’s mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she’s lounging by the pool with her laptop.

“Memories/Light the corners of my mind…” – as sung by Barbra Streisand.

In an ideal world, the landmark compromise on climate change, Medicare, and energy spending that Senate Democrats announced at the end of last week would barely require a second glance.

It’s time for another installment of “Places You Should Visit While You Can Still Bend Down to Tie Your Shoes without Making Involuntary Bodily Noises”!

Editor,

According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other foods has tripled since 2008.

For number crunchers, July’s second week offered eyepopping data.

Here’s a trend that may not bode well for the future of our country: According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 40 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds have summer jobs — down from 75 percent of teens a generation ago.

Trust me when I declare that I am not competing for sympathy against folks suffering from cancer, blocked arteries, diabetes or other serious ailments.

I’m going to the drivein this weekend – for the first time in 42 years.