Lyle Lovett is a Texas A&M graduate—from Klein, Texas—whose highly original blues/country/jazz/gospel music is known worldwide. Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith observes that Lovett’s "Large Band"...
Auburn University football chaplain Chette Williams named his memoir Hard Fighting Soldier. In it, he describes the battle style of Roman soldiers. Their armor had hooks. In battle, the soldiers...
I once made a list of the best things that ever happened in my career, and I was responsible for almost none...
Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest American athlete of all time. He won the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. After that, he played pro baseball and football.
My mother was a literalist who complained that she couldn’t think symbolically. Imagine the trouble she had with this passage from John 6.
The jazz band is an elegant symbol of both the American spirit—and a good workday. Every jazz band has a leader—but within bounds each musician also has the freedom to improvise. The key...
Recently I heard this behind-the-scenes story about a company that had enjoyed notable success and is now struggling to survive.
A few years ago, I gave up gossip for Lent. That may not seem like a big deal to you, but I was raised as a die-hard, ultra-conservative Southern Baptist, and trying something...
Lots of business advice out there today—even some of the advice we shared with you last week —is for people in charge...
