Adventures with Allie

Every year, usually sometime between the first heat advisory and the moment my steering wheel heats up like a curling iron, I write a column about how much I hate the heat.It has become a summer tradition.Some people go to the lake. Some people make homemade ice cream. Some people grow tomatoes.

Carmen's Corner

Dear Allie, I have to tell you about our newspaper.First, your article about Tiffany was great! Just this week I had a woman named Tiffany come to see me. It was the nurse or insurance with questions. Yes, I said woman because she was no lady. When I think Tiffany, I think of beauty.

For the Children

Please Nominate Child Advocates Who Better Our State Our state is fortunate to have many outstanding individuals who are tireless advocates for children.Often, these silent heroes go unrecognized for helping young Oklahomans have better opportunities and a stronger chance at success in life.

Stock Market Outlook for the Second Half of 2026: Where Investors Should Focus

My family and I had been looking forward to hiking the Sucha Bela Gorge in Slovakia since Thanksgiving. The problem was that my doctor called me the day before I left telling me I had torn my rotator cuff in a recent fall.

Here is another of my poems,

There was a time when there would be a herd of Buffalo as far as you could see. Now they are gone, and vanishing too is a native people from Pawnee to Sioux. We even forget the stories we’re told around the fires of those who were old.And MY thought for the week… God makes house calls, AMEN

Adventures with Allie

The factory gave them something the night could not take away.When the young women stepped outside after work, luminous dust clung to their dresses and settled into their hair. In darkened rooms, they shimmered.They called them the ghost girls. Radium was still considered a miracle then.

Stock Market Insights

Beyond AI: What Corporate America Is Really Saying About the Economy As second-quarter earnings season comes to a close, the financial media continues to focus almost exclusively on artificial intelligence and the handful of mega-cap technology companies driving the market higher.

Adventures with Allie

There is a strange concept called the “Tiffany problem,” and despite the name, it has nothing to do with jewelry, an upset woman named Tiffany or an uncomfortable conversation about the credit card bill.The Tiffany problem occurs when something is historically accurate but feels entirely too modern...

DEAR EDITOR, FRIEND, ALLIE,

8-9-26 I’m so old I can remember when if you couldn’t pay cash for something, you couldn’t afford it. This get it now and pay later means the later you pay, the more you pay. Well, me now, I take my money to the bank, no more do I bury it in the back yard in a fruit jar.

Stock Market Insights

When the Headlines Feel Heavy, Stay Grounded On Monday morning, my wife dropped our 10-year-old son off at church camp. It’s his first time spending four nights away from home. Throughout the day I kept thinking about all the things I couldn't control. Would he make friends?