STONEWALL COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES

ARVEL MCCOY (R) 1. Beyond the decisions associated with regular business operations, what is the main area of focus you would like to see addressed over the next four years to improve Stonewall County?

ROTAN SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES

MONICA CARRILLO 1. Beyond the decisions associated with regular business operations, what is the main area of focus you would like to see addressed over the next four years to improve the school district?

2 CENTS WORTH

Good morning to all of you this wonderful day, I am setting on Buzz's what I call his front porch but really it's his back porch, it faces the lake and it's a gorgeous place to set and just watch what goes on the lake.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor I have just returned from the informational school board town hall bond meeting, highly frustrated.After some thought, I realized that I was deferring my frustrations onto this bond election from that last meeting I attended involving building a new jail. It was like dejavu.

Faces & Places

“Evil prefers small victories. It fights for gain inch by inch, because if we were confronted by it a foot at a time, we would surely recognize it for what it is and stand against it.

All the Clutter in Life

In late September of 2016, I was frustrated by the national discourse leading up to the 2016 presidential election. I wrote the following short message on Facebook. It is safe to say that our discourse has not improved in the four years since I wrote these words.

CHILI SEASON IS UPON US

I met H. Allen Smith at his home in Alpine in 1969. He was a big deal celebrity: Hollywood screen writer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, an author of magazine articles in Esquire and similar magazines and a frequent guest on television talk shows.

The positive solution is American Optimism.

I awoke this morning, thinking, “When pessimists pick up a brick, they throw it, but when optimists pick up the same brick, they build something positive and useful.” There is much in the news as I pen this column about Judge Amy Comey Barrett and her spiritual beliefs.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

For the first time in my life, only the Good Lord knows where I am. That’s right. I slipped off for seven days after my nephew’s wedding in Colorado (very small, very masked) to recalibrate in every way. My family and friends think they know where I am.

Houston-Dallas bullet train company says it’s on fast track

Texas’ first- and third-largest cities could be in daily commuting distance from each other via the high-speed Texas Central Railroad.