Maybe some people learned that in college. I didn’t. A roughneck in the patch typically works 14 straight 12-hour workdays. Well, I should say a minimum of 12-hour days: When it’s time to move ...

To replace a drill bit or upon completion of the well, the pipe is backed out of the well and the roughneck's job is completed in reverse. Iron roughnecks have eliminated this dangerous and unhealthy ...

A New York Times best-selling author and humorist is making stops in two Iowa libraries this week. Michael Perry grew up on a ...