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Who is the sucker?
Who is the sucker?
I read a story recently about a lady school teacher in Yazoo City, Miss., in the impoverished Delta country that is teaching unprivileged kids and there is not enough money to even pay her a salary. Yet kids that would fall through the crack of life are staying in school and making plans for the future. When asked about financial strain she faces, she uttered a phrase that applies to all of us: “What I don’t get in this life, I will get in the next.” 12/11/2024 11:00 PM
Late greeting cards
Late greeting cards
A friend asked me if it was OK to delay sending holiday cards until late December. 12/11/2024 11:00 PM
Deportation vow alarms construction industry
Deportation vow alarms construction industry
CAPITOL HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/2024 11:00 PM
Christmas trees
Christmas trees
Quinn Minute 12/04/2024 11:00 PM
Dreams to ashes?
Dreams to ashes?
OBSERVANCES 12/04/2024 11:00 PM
Abbott issues orders targeting China
Abbott issues orders targeting China
Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders last week targeting the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, The Dallas Morning News reported Abbott said the orders were intended to protect Texans of Chinese descent from “harassment and intimidation” by the Chinese Communist Party and government, and to fight threats to state security. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
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
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