Written by Michael Claxton Harding is just one institution celebrating a centennial this year. In the fall of 1923, two brothers from Kansas City started a film studio in Hollywood,…
Did I ever tell you about my theatrical debut at age 10? Well, pull up your chair and get a program. Please, no flash photography during the anecdote. The scene…
If England’s King Richard III had been alive during the 2020 pandemic, two things are certain. He would have tweeted “A plague on both your houses” to Shakespeare and his…
I had traveled to Columbus, Georgia, to see the Lunch Box Museum, where 2,000 examples are on display. Mr. Woodall explained that although his real passions are antique cars and…
I have a friend who has thick white hair and a moustache and goatee to match. Several years ago, he and his wife took a vacation to London. During the…
Alexander Pope was not sentimental about children. The famous British poet lived during an era that saw kids primarily as miniature adults and seldom gave much thought to childhood. Like…
For a long time, I have collected jokes about exercise. The comedian Red Skelton lived into his ‘80s. “People ask me if I exercise a lot,” he once said. “The…
There’s a moment in the classic Marx Brothers movie “Animal Crackers” when Chico is performing one of his signature piano numbers and gets caught in a loop, playing the same…
On Nov. 30, the world learned that former U.S. President George H. W. Bush had died at the grand old age of 94. When the news broke that evening and…
Many big things happened during Homecoming last weekend. The football team had a big victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The musical “Big Fish” made a huge splash on the…
I used to do this gag in my British Lit course. The class always met MWF at 2 P.M., and several times per semester, the English Department has its Senior…
Written by: Michael Claxton There are many reasons to stay home when you’re sick: to give the body rest, to avoid infecting co-workers, to rebuild your immune system or to…
Yesterday I was standing in the check-out aisle at Kroger, struggling to hold five bottles of fruit-punch Gatorade while flipping through the pages of the latest “People” magazine. I was…