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Have people improved?
Have people improved?
Have people evolved much? We humans possess remarkable powers. We can walk, run, swim, and even fly (if we hold a boarding pass). 04/17/2025 05:48 AM
Texas DOGE: Working For You
Texas DOGE: Working For You
When President Trump said we need to “drain the swamp,” he wasn’t just talking about Washington, D.C. He was talking about a mindset—about making government work for the people, not the other way around. In Texas, we take that message seriously. That’s why this session, we’re focused on getting back to the basics: smaller government, stronger families, and real accountability to the taxpayers. 04/17/2025 05:48 AM
No one gets it all...
No one gets it all...
OBSERVANCES The Grim Reaper, having finished with the greatest generation, is now beginning to cut deeply into the Baby Boom Generation. Last week my wife went to the funeral of a close high school friend in Tyler and the following Tuesday attended the graveside service of the wife of a good friend from high school that lives out of state. 03/27/2025 08:43 PM
Be still and spend time with the Lord
Be still and spend time with the Lord
MITCH’S CORNER It has been very busy here lately. Katy and I enjoyed a little getaway over the weekend. 03/27/2025 08:43 PM
Senate backs prayer time, Ten Commandments in every classroom
Senate backs prayer time, Ten Commandments in every classroom
The Texas Senate last week passed a bill to allow school districts to set aside time for in-school prayer and gave initial approval to requiring all schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. 03/27/2025 08:43 PM
Why I support banning foreign adversaries from owning our land and influencing our cities
Why I support banning foreign adversaries from owning our land and influencing our cities
As a proud representative of rural Texas, I have always fought to protect our state’s land, values, and way of life. That’s why I am a champion for multiple bills moving through the Texas House right now. 03/27/2025 08:43 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
The Save Texas Schools Rally was postponed due to the bad weather on the weekend in February it was supposed to happen. It is now set for Saturday, April 5. 03/27/2025 08:43 PM
Has it been done before?
Has it been done before?
There is something to the claim that history repeats itself. I realize that people running these Iphones think if it hasn’t flashed on their screens in the last 30 seconds, it didn’t happen. In the period during WWI with Europe torn to pieces, American agriculture boomed and farmers were saying they would never have another poor day. In the 1920’s Europe came back into production, farm prices plummeted and a depression flowed through rural America while the cities enjoyed the roaring 20’s. 03/21/2025 09:10 AM
Let your light shine before others…
Let your light shine before others…
Spring break was a much needed break last week. Katy and I were able to rest some. We also enjoyed playing with our nephew, Boone. There are only about nine weeks of school left. Summer will be here before we know it. 03/21/2025 09:10 AM
Making Texas housing affordable again
Making Texas housing affordable again
We can all agree: Texas must never turn into California. Californians are struggling due to the high cost of living and excessive taxes — not to mention their radical liberal government and culture. Some of you may even have fled from states like California to find a safe refuge in conservative, free Texas. 03/21/2025 09:10 AM
Texas farmers concerned over growing trade war
Texas farmers concerned over growing trade war
Texas farmers are voicing growing concerns about tariffs being enacted by President Trump adversely affecting their ability to sell agricultural goods overseas, the Houston Chronicle reported. Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening said the tariffs could be especially tough on younger farmers. 03/21/2025 09:10 AM
House proposes $7.5 billion in new school funding
House proposes $7.5 billion in new school funding
Critics say a House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough, The Dallas Morning News reported. House Bill 2 would raise the per-student allotment by $220, to $6,360 a year. It would also invest $750 million in teacher pay and $450 million in teacher training. 03/14/2025 03:38 PM
Spring Screening – Are You Due for a Colonoscopy? National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Spring Screening – Are You Due for a Colonoscopy? National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
The body is an amazing, complicated, and sometimes fragile machine. Like any machine, it operates best when given the right fuel, used properly, and provided with regular maintenance. 03/14/2025 03:38 PM
Whatever were gains, I now consider loss for the sake of Jesus Christ
Whatever were gains, I now consider loss for the sake of Jesus Christ
Katy and I sure are enjoying our spring break. It has been a much needed break. 03/14/2025 03:38 PM
China in midst of 50 years of economic boon
China in midst of 50 years of economic boon
In the late 1960s I took an elective in college called Chinese History. It was a time of the Vietnam War and something else not noted much in the Western World called The Chinese Cultural Revolution. It lasted from 1966 to 1976. Its stated goal was to preserve Chinese socialism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society. In reality, it was to consolidate the supreme power of Mao Zedong. 03/14/2025 03:38 PM
Why I carry a business card
Why I carry a business card
When I’m at an event with people I’ve never seen before, I depend on my business card for salvation. Even if you don’t have a job, a card lets you to display credentials to get one. 03/05/2025 08:07 PM
Feeling safe with Ike’s bald head
Feeling safe with Ike’s bald head
With all the current talk about Russia it might be worthwhile to think about the closing days of WWII. In February of 1945 there was a conference at Yalta in Crimea between Josef Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to discuss the post war reconstruction of Germany and Europe. At the time Soviet forces, which were three times the size of the Western Allies, were 40 miles from Berlin and the Western forces were crossing the western boundary of Germany many hundreds of miles from Berlin. Russia demanded the right to drive on to Berlin and occupy Eastern Europe and the Western forces were to stop at the Elbe River. In return, Russia agreed to join the war against Japan whose invasion was expected to create a million casualties. 03/05/2025 08:07 PM
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