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Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Katy and I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We pray that you have a wonderful time of fellowship with family and friends. Even though life gets tough at times, we have so much to be thankful for. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

I love reading books about the old West -- Louis L’Amour, Zane Grey, and those guys -- and lately I’ve been thinking about the illegal immigrant problem. Cowboys, in the mid-1800’s, had all the skills to go into tough areas, into the thick brush and hazardous arroyos and the rough mountainous regions and bring out all the longhorns and other cattle unbranded and unclaimed by any ranch, running wild. They called such a roundup of rogue cattle “running a jerk line.” Once a herd was built, it was moved in a “cattle drive” to the desired destination. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Valid points; votes opposite 11/20/2024 11:00 PM

More than 1,500 bills filed as session approaches

More than 1,500 bills filed as session approaches

Texas lawmakers last week filed more than 1,500 bills ahead of the next legislative session, which begins Jan. 14. The Houston Chronicle reported the proposed measures cover a range of topics ranging from border security to abortion access, education and other issues. 11/20/2024 11:00 PM

GOP win raises stakes for Cornyn’s leadership bid

GOP win raises stakes for Cornyn’s leadership bid

With Republicans regaining majority control of the Senate, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is making his bid to become that chamber’s majority leader. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, had previously announced he would step down as party leader. Republicans will hold at least a 53-45 edge in January, with Senate races in two states still undecided as of Friday morning. 11/13/2024 11:00 PM

For when I am weak, then I am strong

For when I am weak, then I am strong

Katy and I went and saw Cody Johnson on Saturday night at Globe Life Field. I surprised her with tickets for her birthday, which was Nov. 2. We had a lot of fun. 11/13/2024 11:00 PM

Ludicrous Information Age

Ludicrous Information Age

Imagine if you told someone 30 years ago that they would spend thousands of dollars on devices that remove them from reality, that place control over their persons in the hands of corporations, that cede access to their nervous system, that chart their every location and activi-ty, that invade not just their privacy but the inner workings of their minds, and that they would do so willingly, even enthusiastically. People would have thought you were ludicrous. Yet that is what has happened, and I often visit with people that just parrot information that comes out of electronic devices without thinking. 11/13/2024 11:00 PM

Vouchers echo segregation

Vouchers echo segregation

As the decades have rolled by, most people rarely remember one of the most controversial decisions made by the Supreme Court, “Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas” in 1954 that state sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. This decision is still reverberating through our society today under different code words. 11/06/2024 11:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

This week will see the decision of the people for the direction and pur-pose of our government in what most citizens pray will be a real cor-rection from the plainly failed current and past administrations. They are in fact, the same administration warmed over for too many years. 11/06/2024 11:00 PM

Insurance hikes make affordable housing tougher

Insurance hikes make affordable housing tougher

A growing number of Texas homeowners are forgoing buying homeowners insurance as premiums skyrocket, according to a recent report from the Texas comptroller. 11/06/2024 11:00 PM

Early voting ends on Friday

Early voting ends on Friday

Texans who wish to vote early in the Nov. 5 general election have until closing time Friday, Nov. 1 to do so. Secretary of State Jane Nelson is encouraging voters to double-check their precinct numbers and candidate selections before casting their ballots. 10/30/2024 11:00 PM

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Justice for Nikki 10/30/2024 11:00 PM

Be thankful always

Be thankful always

Football and volleyball playoffs are right around the corner. Basketball practices are already underway and games will be here before we know it. 10/23/2024 11:00 PM

5th Circuit Court removes judge from foster care suit

5th Circuit Court removes judge from foster care suit

The federal judge who has repeatedly found Texas in contempt for not fixing its foster care system has been removed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel faulting U.S. District Judge Janis Jack’s “highly antagonistic demeanor,” The Texas Tribune reported. The three also reversed the $100,000 daily fine against the state’s defendants – the Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Family and Protective Services, which runs the foster care system. 10/23/2024 11:00 PM

Early voting begins next week for gen. election

Early voting begins next week for gen. election

Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins Monday, Oct. 21 and ends on Nov. 1. Texas voters will be choosing from a full slate of candidates, from president to U.S. senator to various county positions. 10/16/2024 11:00 PM

Do you sound unprofessional?

Do you sound unprofessional?

My handy-dandy “column topic radar” lit up when I encountered an internet article called “12 Phrases You’re Using That Make You Sound Unprofessional.” 10/16/2024 11:00 PM

State lawmakers to tackle soaring home insurance rates

State lawmakers to tackle soaring home insurance rates

Top state lawmakers plan to address soaring homeowners insurance premiums when they return to Austin in January for the next legislative session, according to the Houston Chronicle. 10/09/2024 11:00 PM