Apr. 3—Sure, lots of great songs have been written about many subjects, with by far the preponderance of them about the eternal subject of romantic love. Still, that leaves a world of other subjects ...

Poke, the plant in the '60s song "Poke Salad Annie," is one of the unsung heroes of the American Revolution. From its berries came the writing ink of the common colonist far from sources of rare and ...

Oct. 29—Tony Joe White, the Wolfe City-ex who is now the head football coach at Birmingham-Southern, had a chance encounter once with Barry Switzer. They rode on the same elevator together. White ...