He would go on to become my boss, my mentor, my friend.  And, yes, even at times, my American father figure.  But on that ...

This is going to be a column about the infamous "notch babies." I thought this issue had died, because frankly, almost ...

January 20, 2026 marks the 120th anniversary of A Bintel Brief, the Forward’s advice column, launched in 1906 by the paper’s ...

Leon Hale was born May 30, 1921, in Stephenville. Following 32 years writing a daily column for the Houston Post, he moved to the Chronicle in 1985 where he wrote a column of personal commentary for ...

The original plan for this week's column was to be as snarky as possible. However, the death of a beloved fur-nephew over the ...

Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr.April 3, 1968 When I started writing newspaper columns 41 years ago this month, I wrote mostly from my head. Some columns, I ...

For almost 25 years I’ve been writing the odd column for island newspapers, with the accent on “odd.” My first leaps into ...

Dear Annie: I’ve read a few letters in your column in which parents wrote about two of their children arguing and wanting ...

One year after Donald Trump began his second term with an inaugural address assertion that he was “saved by God to make ...

This article originally published at Leon Hale in 1982: A misdirected bank statement and other postal problems.

Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay demonstrated the benefits — and drawbacks — of the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board's bias ...

Todd Torres and Jaiden Davis – to join them in their “bald brotherhood,” and eventually all seven ball boys went under the ...