(Photo: Hansjörg Rath/Unsplash ) I recently posted something on Facebook to the effect that, as we age, the number of friends we have...

(Photos by Jim Clash) It’s one thing to see a photo of a tornado, yet another to see the real thing. I grew up in Laurel, the...

Jim Clash and pilot “Bulldog,” canopy down, ready to taxi for their supersonic F-16 flight. (Photos by Art Harmon) At Eglin AFB near...

(Photos courtesy of Jim Clash) It’s extremely rare for a civilian to score an edge-of-space ride in the backseat of a U-2 spy plane....

All my life, I had wanted to witness a total solar eclipse. But it was always too cloudy, or I was someplace where the thing wasn’t...

My late father once told me something about class reunions: For the 5-, 10- and even 20-year get-togethers, everyone will be bragging...

About an hour and a half north of Lisbon, Portugal, by bus, lies the small coastal town of Nazare. Most people have never heard of the...

A new book by frequent Voices of Laurel contributor, Forbes magazine writer, and Laurel High School graduate (Class of 1973) Jim Clash...