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‘Opposite day’ Again, I’m in need of some help. I feel like I’m losing my mind. 03/05/2025 08:07 PM
Voucher bill has backing of House majority
Voucher bill has backing of House majority
A slim majority of Texas House members have indicated they will back House Bill 3, which creates education savings accounts that allow families to use taxpayer money for private school education. The Dallas Morning News reported that 75 Republican legislators have signed on with the bill’s author, state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, to support the measure. 03/05/2025 08:07 PM
I can do all things through Christ…
I can do all things through Christ…
February was an extremely busy month, but a very fun month as we got to follow the Fairfield Lady Eagles throughout the playoffs as they advanced to the state tournament for the fifth time in six years. 03/05/2025 08:07 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Rally for public schools Calling all supporters of public schools. It is time to stand up and be heard and seen. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Prehistoric humans
Prehistoric humans
We don’t give prehistoric people enough credit. These remarkable folks learned to walk upright, discovered fire, and invented the wheel. Sadly, they made that wheel out of wood, accidentally set it on fire…then had to start over again. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House
Voucher bill passes Senate, arrives in House
A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said he believes there are enough votes in that chamber to pass the legislation, which was defeated a half-dozen times in 2023 by a coalition of Democratic and rural Republican members. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
The old has gone; the new is here…
The old has gone; the new is here…
There has been so much sickness the past several weeks. I got sick last Monday and had to miss a couple days of school due to fever and Strep. I hope everyone is doing better and that the majority of the sickness is behind us. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
Acrimonious election
Acrimonious election
Reading a recently published biography of the sixth president lost in the mist of time, John Quincy Adams, son of the second president. The only such combination other the George Bushes. 02/13/2025 08:49 PM
On cusp of change in history
On cusp of change in history
In reading some of George Friedman’s book, “The Storm Before The Calm,” his view is that an era is coming to a close like every 50 years and we have rejuvenated at the end of prior cycles. In 1932 with the election of Franklin Roosevelt, a cycle of shifting economic resources from capital to labor began. This closed out the previous cycle of The Gilded Age where the rich dominated economic resources that became so egregious it came crashing down with the depression. The last president of this cycle was Jimmy Carter when U. S. industry had finally become non-competitive with the rest of the world. Remember when modern fuel-efficient Japanese vehicles began to flood the market replacing American vehicles that looked like army tanks. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers?
$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers?
Legislative budget writers are proposing nearly $5 billion to increase teacher pay and $1 billion to implement a school voucher program in the next biennium, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The voucher program, also referred to as school choice, would provide public money for private schooling, a key priority for Gov. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Concerned about ‘anti-ethical’ values I feel like such a fool. I raised my children to respect law and order. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Persevere and grow closer to Christ during the hard times…
Persevere and grow closer to Christ during the hard times…
Seven years ago on Feb. 2, 2018, Katy and I went out on a triple date at Rancho in Teague with Michael & Melissa Grissett and Jeremy & Adrian Little. We enjoyed dinner together and then Katy and I stayed in the parking lot for a while talking. The rest is history. There have been mountains and valleys over the past seven years, but I am so thankful that God gave me Katy as my wife. We have been through a lot, especially with COVID, but we keep pushing on as we try to draw closer to Christ. 01/31/2025 08:23 PM
Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding
Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding
The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, told The Dallas Morning News that the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and purposes of state agencies that serve the public. 01/17/2025 02:31 PM
Join Teddy Roosevelt Society
Join Teddy Roosevelt Society
Well new year, new me. A good saying to remember this coming year by Theodore Roosevelt “do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are”. That is a direct contradiction to what I mostly hear, “the world is a miserable place and there’s nothing I can do about It”. How about some New Year’s resolutions that you can actually keep to some extent. Social Scientists say most of these resolutions are abandoned after two weeks. 01/17/2025 02:31 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
In one of Roosevelt’s first radio broadcasts of “fireside chats” he tried to allay Americans’ fears in the depth of the worst financial depression in history, fears of the unknown years ahead until recovery. Unemployment was 30% at the time; misery was the lot of most working-class people; honest, hard-working family men couldn’t support their families; homeless veterans sold apples on street corners for 5 cents; gasoline sold for 12 cents a gallon, but very few owned a car; there was no social security and no other real safety net for individuals or families. Americans were very fearful for their future. 01/17/2025 02:31 PM
Post-holiday blues affect all ages
Post-holiday blues affect all ages
Post-holiday blues can be as challenging as the holiday blues in children, adolescents, and adults. A National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) study shows that one in six children between the ages of six and 17 have experienced a mental health disorder each year, while one in five adults experience mental illness each year. 01/17/2025 02:31 PM
Be a light for others
Be a light for others
I hope everyone stayed warm and safe during the cold temperatures we had last week. It was cold, especially with the wind. 01/17/2025 02:31 PM
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