The Associated Press recently told its editors and reporters to stop writing stories about the coronavirus pandemic based solely on case count…
In recent months and weeks, some of our friends and neighbors have proposed we “get past” the outrage over January 6, 2021, when fellow Americ…
Omicron is here, and spreading quickly.
The one heart-stopping moment of Republican Congressman Pete Sessions’ rambunctious town hall meeting last week came when Dr. James Ferguson, …
Republican state Rep. Matt Krause’s formal Oct. 25 letter initiating a statewide inquiry into what books regarding race or sexuality sit on sc…
While local governments make plans to spend allocations from the massive COVID-19 federal relief program known as the American Rescue Plan, th…
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One central tenet of any representative democracy involves holding elected officials accountable — and not just through elections every so man…
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on U.S. centers of commerce and military might that left nearly 3,000 dead means reeval…
It’s up to every fan to do his or her own calculation of risk vs. reward in attending a Bills game. It could have been different.
A reassuringly cool breeze ushered in Labor Day weekend across Central Texas, even as our collective societal temperature has skyrocketed. Sta…
One marvels at the struggle between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who prides himself as a no-holds-barred champion of innocent life in raging aborti…
Americans are coming to grips with sobering public health realities: The mutation and spread of SARS-CoV-2 again imperils the way we live. Man…
For those who have reveled in college football for generations, hard truths must now be acknowledged about the passion and the glory, includin…
Even before Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier engineered a manned hot-air balloon liftoff from Paris for a 20-minute flight in 1783, earthlings h…
"Canada’s abundance-of-caution approach needs to be modified to recognize the abundance of vaccines. It’s your move, Mr. Trudeau," writes The …
Texas House Democrats’ decision to again break quorum and shut down another legislative session and, along with it, an admittedly odious elect…
Republicans have gotten plenty of political traction accusing others of “cancel culture.” They’ve leveled the charge at academia for not sched…
Political antics playing out in summertime often escape public scrutiny because so many of us are off pursuing vacations — and that’s likely t…
With Republican Party of Texas Chairman and right-wing agitator Allen West and former state senator Don Huffines emerging as threats to Texas …
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News of the coming demolition of Oak Lodge Motor Inn and concern for the fate of the poorest of the poor who inhabit this public eyesore raise…
Even before February’s devastating winter freeze and statewide power outage concluded, conspiracy nuts were claiming that the nasty ol’ Biden …
As firm proof the Waco metropolitan area is growing steadily and society is growing increasingly litigious, residents will get a chance to fur…
By now it’s obvious for all but the most self-deluded that the Republican Party is in the vise-like grip of those who would sacrifice democrac…
Considering that much of our nation is only now emerging from a COVID-19 cocoon of precautions and anxieties, expect this Memorial Day weekend…
On Thursday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated mask guidelines for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19. We st…
The Texas Legislature is dealing with plenty of significant issues during its biennial session: pandemic fallout (including how much power the…
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