Opinion

Most writers have an office, den, or other favorite place where they can go to be alone and focus on their craft. Until recently, I was an exception to that

It is the time of year when everyone gets outside to enjoy our best weather of the year, get some exercise and, often, co-mingle with the cars. It is also

I’ve lost 29 pounds since January 1st, roughly 17% of my New Year’s Day body weight. In a very real sense, 17% of the old Travis A. Naughton no longer

If you thought this was just another graduating class from Southern Boone High School, you would be wrong. This class of 2017 is, at the risk of irritating mom and

Before I sat down to write this week’s column on Sunday, April 30, I read a story online commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Although a

The annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner was held Saturday evening in Washington, D.C. and most of the fanfare surrounding it was about President Donald Trump not attending. In fact, it

Be it in a delivery room at a hospital or an adoption agency’s office, meeting your child for the very first time is one of the single most emotionally powerful

I will be in Houston this weekend to attend the wedding of a good friend’s son. I will also have the opportunity to see my youngest daughter who recently became

Many Americans believe that the right to bear arms, as stated in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is an unassailable, immutable, irrevocable human right conferred upon each citizen

The woman who invented the wheel was a genius. The man who invented anything that was intended to work on four wheels was a knucklehead. The wheel works mighty well