Editorials

"So what are the people liking this post agreeing with?”

"So what are the people liking this post agreeing with?”

PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE

Patricia Hurt - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
I posted a video https://youtu.be/PVNeTKNPwKY after receiving a few phone calls regarding a few other videos we posted on the DMC’s social media accounts about public notices that appear to violate the law.
THE POWER TO AMEND

THE POWER TO AMEND

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THE POWER TO AMEND

Suzanne Bellsnyder
Thursday, October 23, 2025
I’ve been reading historian Jill Lepore’s We the People as part of my study of the U.S. Constitution. The framers never believed their creation would be perfect or unchanging. They built a document that could be amended— changed, refined, and made better by the people it would govern.
A Video by a Ten-Year-Old Made an Impression

A Video by a Ten-Year-Old Made an Impression

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A Video by a Ten-Year-Old Made an Impression

Tumbleweed Smith
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Anthony Goodson of Garland was inspired to make movies after seeing a video a fourth grader made.“It’s funny. I was at a friend’s house and she showed me a video her son had made. It was just a pair of shoes walking across the room by themselves.
2 Cents Worth

2 Cents Worth

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2 Cents Worth

Carol Greenway-holland
Thursday, October 23, 2025
I nearly forgot this is Saturday and I need to get my column in. Joe and I have been outside all evening. He has mowed the yard for the last time. We got 2 tenths of rain early this morning, hurrah, my flowers got a drink.The girls came yesterday and got cuttings off of all of them.

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Faces & Places

Meg Gruben
Thursday, October 23, 2025
“The circles of shame are vicious. Painful feelings of shame help cause people to be depressed and suicidal, these in turn become shameful aspects of the self.
Biting the Hand That Votes for You

Biting the Hand That Votes for You

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Biting the Hand That Votes for You

Suzanne Bellsnyder
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Texas GOP depends on rural voters to win in November— but uses party rules to punish their legislators By Suzanne Bellsnyder, Texas Rural Reporter This past weekend, the Texas Republican Party held a meeting that told rural Texans everything we need to know about who’s really running things.
Printing What They Don’t Approve

Printing What They Don’t Approve

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Printing What They Don’t Approve

Jeff Hurt - Editor
Thursday, October 16, 2025
When I woke this morning, I had a plan to write an editorial about the rapidly evolving world of AI technology and recent conversations I’d had with a few twenty-somethings about their personal concerns—about how to tell what’s real and what’s computer-generated.
Newspaper Archive Books dating back to 1969 until present day can be see at the Newspaper Office in downtown Rotan.

Newspaper Archive Books dating back to 1969 until present day can be see at the Newspaper Office in downtown Rotan.

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CARETAKERS OF TOMORROW’S HISTORY

News Staff
Thursday, October 9, 2025
In the decade I have been slinging ink from this desk, I don’t recall any other news week when an above-the fold headline, obituary page, and editorial column converged in alignment, but that’s what happens after the passing of an icon.
What shape will the news take?

What shape will the news take?

WHAT SHAPE WILL THE NEWS TAKE

Jeff Hurt - Editor
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Only a week has passed since the last edition of the DMC hit newsstands, and less than a month since the tragic events in Utah. Yet here we are again, with Charlie Kirk’s name appearing in back-to-back editorials.