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Frank Pool

Pool: You just don’t hear these anymore

I was talking to a Millennial friend recently when the phrase “hold your horses” came up. I asked…

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Stallard: Can’t wait to check the mail

Editor’s note: This column was first published in October 2022 At some point in the next week or…

Frank Pool

Pool: A grab-bag of useful concepts

We use concepts to make sense of the world. Today, we will take an unstructured stroll through a…

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Stallard: Driving my life away

The first time I got behind the steering wheel of a vehicle, I was 12. I was sitting…

John Moore

Moore: Just peachy

There’s a rhythm to the seasons that you can feel in your bones when you grow up in…

Frank Pool

Pool: The Happiness Guy

Imagine yourself getting paid to figure out what makes people really happy, and then writing and speaking about…

John Moore

Moore: A bit wordy

English is a language full of leftovers. It’s like the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Filled with things…

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Stallard: Still living the dream

Forty years ago this week, I stepped off a Continental Trailways bus at the station in Longview after…

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Watson: After Diddy verdict, what’s next for music mogul?

A New York City jury has found music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts of transportation…

Frank Pool

Pool: Postcard from a day trip

For the first time in many years, it looks as though I won’t leave the state of Texas…