Sep 20th, 2008 · Calvin Beale had an encyclopedic memory about rural counties and could rattle off demographic details about every one of them. The federal demographer died Sept. 1. Jim Wildman recounts a trip through Louisiana and Arkansas the two shared in 2003.
Jun 20th, 2005 · Religion professor Timothy Beal piles his family into a motor home and hits the highway on a tour of religious attractions in the American South. Beal documents his journey in the book, Roadside Religion.
Mar 31st, 2005 · U.S. military officials say they've made great strides in improving mental health care and lessening stigma for those seeking help for combat stress. But Army Spc. David Beals and his wife say Beals was sent back to Iraq while still suffering symptoms similar to those of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.