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Published Saturday, October 4, 2014
By Erika Pedroza
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend your own funeral? Maybe it's vain or a bit morbid, but I have. And I suspect it's a lot like leaving a job you love.
Published Saturday, October 4, 2014
By Bob Buckel
My generation grew up in a world of curtains. We had the Iron Curtain that stretched across Eastern Europe, dividing countries and people and ideologies.
Published Saturday, October 4, 2014
By Anna C. Dragsbaek
There's no doubt about it: Ebola is scary. The disease has a high mortality rate and no known cure. No vaccine is available to halt its spread.
Published Wednesday, October 1, 2014
By Jimmy Alford
There is a trend that has gone seemingly unnoticed by the American populace. It's scary, and it affects everyone, yet not only are some people oblivious, others are also enthusiastically in favor of this slow erosion of their rights.
Published Wednesday, October 1, 2014
By Ed Sterling
A Monday debate pitted Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, and Dan Patrick, R-Houston, two state senators who are vying to succeed David Dewhurst as lieutenant governor in 2015.
Published Saturday, September 27, 2014
By Richard Greene
Few things in Texas are more romanticized than high school football on Friday nights. After barbecue, the Alamo and the cowboy on the plains, it's one of the primary state symbols.
Published Saturday, September 27, 2014
By Willis Webb
There are a number of advantages to growing older. One, of course, is that you are indeed growing older. And, as I always say: "Beats the heck out of the alternative."
Published Wednesday, September 24, 2014
By Brian Knox
"Daddy, I think there's monsters under my bed." Those words were softly spoken by my 3-year-old son well after he should have been asleep Monday night.
Published Wednesday, September 24, 2014
By Ed Sterling
With less than six weeks until election day on Nov. 4, the first of two scheduled gubernatorial debates was held in the Rio Grande Valley city of Edinburg on Sept. 19.
Published Saturday, September 20, 2014
By Bob Buckel
Isn't it ironic that the NFL is suddenly taking such a - well, beating - over players beating up their wives, girlfriends and children? Isn't violence what the NFL is all about?
Published Saturday, September 20, 2014
By Erika Pedroza
A mentoring program in the works at Boyd Middle School is open to everyone.
Published Wednesday, September 17, 2014
By Kristen Tribe
School bells are ringing across Wise County, and although only three weeks have passed, teachers and students are already hard at work.
Published Wednesday, September 17, 2014
By Gerre Joiner
Things were slow at the coffee shop recently. Someone mentioned the name of a man known to everyone around the table. Another said, "What a handshake!" Others chimed in.
Published Wednesday, September 17, 2014
By Ed Sterling
While the governor and group of trade-with-Texas promoters were in Japan and China last week, the 13th anniversary of the "9-11" terrorist attacks on the United States was broadly observed.
Published Saturday, September 13, 2014
By Bob Buckel
Life is all about tradeoffs. If we live long enough, we learn that. Fame comes with a loss of privacy.
Published Saturday, September 13, 2014
By Jake Harris
Apple's been in the news a lot lately. First, it was the whole iCloud-leaked celebrity photos business, now it's the latest iPhones and the iWatch.
Published Saturday, September 13, 2014
By Lee Hamilton
One of the fundamental lessons of the 9/11 tragedy was that our government carried a share of blame for the failure to stop the attacks.
Published Wednesday, September 10, 2014
By Jimmy Alford
It's an odd sensation when your car's motor isn't turning and you're still going about 70 mph down a busy highway (at least for the moment - that speedometer needle drops pretty quickly).
Published Wednesday, September 10, 2014
By Gerre Joiner
It's been a while since I've had an inspirational day at the coffee shop.
Published Wednesday, September 10, 2014
By Ed Sterling
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel on Aug. 29 struck down two provisions in House Bill 2, passed by the Texas Legislature in the second special session of 2013, amending the state Health and Safety Code to restrict access to abortion services.
