Highway 83

They say that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… well, most of the time. I grew up within a mile of Hwy 83 in Abilene. My older brother, Alan, followed my father into medicine and landed in Ballinger, south of Abilene on 83.

The 501

The bad news: Burglars broke into our rented storage unit.More bad news: They took nothing. If you’re paying to store stuff you don’t need (most stored stuff is unneeded or it wouldn’t be stored), it could happen to you too.

Letter to the Editor

As described in The Sun heading, the articles I have, and will pass along in the future, were not originally written with the thought that they might someday be consumed by the general public.

Memories Left for My Kids

I learned many lessons in the hectic fall of 1952, but one concerning speaking the truth will be the emphasis of this discussion.

Financial Focus

You've probably heard about "genius" investors or those who got in on the "ground floor" of a company that grew to be a huge success. These stories may be interesting, but they are also rare — and sometimes not even true.

Letter to the Editor

Proposition 4 is a constitutional amendment that, if passed, would dedicate $1 billion of the revenue derived from sales and use taxes to the Texas Water Fund.Water is critically important to all Texans, the environment and our economy.

Chiropractic Corner

The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease. Surveys indicate that over 40 million Americans have osteoart hritis, with 80% of those being over the age of 50.

The 501: Mower fun than bumper cars?

Remember bumper cars? Do they still exist?I just loved the whole experience. Wham! It didn’t matter much who you hit as long as you hit somebody. Wham! Wham!It was a big letdown when the ride was over and your car suddenly lost power — just when you were about to wham somebody, of course.

Financial Focus

Discipline is a quiet force behind every meaningful achievement — whether you’re building wealth or chasing a lifelong dream. Kent Broussard of Baton Rouge, La., is a role model in discipline.

Fifty shots over Columbia

This was my first trip away from North America, and I confess to being rather anxious about it. Concerns about vaccines, exposures, bites and diseases were only the start of my worries.