PRINCIPAL'S OF JOURNALISM

9. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience Every journalist must have a personal sense of ethics and responsibility–a moral compass.

Faces & Places

Dear China, Hello. How are you? I hope this letter finds you well. I hope you don’t mind, but there are a few things I need to go over with you. You know those little tags you put in the clothes y’all make that say, “Made in China”? They usually fall on about the 4th or 5th vertebra of my neck.

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

WARNING: this essay might be a difficult read. It is an important read, though, for each of us. In the past, I have broached the top of mental health and suicide in this space. It is an important topic, but one that we try to avoid discussing, particularly in rural communities.

IS BEND THE NEW LUCKENBACH?

Bret Cali has the general store and café at Bend in San Saba County. He is one clever dude and just might be the new Hondo Crouch, the late self-proclaimed foreign minister of Luckenbach. Hondo became famous for his shenanigans at the little town he bought and put on the map.

A new season of opportunity and happiness

Today, I’m in my home working on the final column that I’ll pen from this location. Next week, I’ll write my first column from our new home. We are in a season of change and transition. I’ve written some part of my books or columns, from every space in this home.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

The growing-up years included watching television together as a family. We had the three basic channels plus S.C.A.T, which was Snyder’s local television channel. What more did we need? Television was still somewhat of a novelty, even a luxury, in those days.

Cow-calf producers need better price discovery

For too long, cow-calf producers across the nation have marketed our cattle with one hand tied behind our back. The culprit has been an ever-growing lack of price discovery. In the free market, accurate pricing of a commodity depends upon the free flow of information up and down the supply chain.

Between the Guideposts

So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “what is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.

Pandemic messes with Texas, prompts new message

Texas Department of Transportation officials noticed more personal protective equipment -- face masks, wipes and gloves -- on the side of roads and highways, so they called in the big guns for a new round of “Don’t mess with Texas” commercials.

Old Glory News

The rains have been wonderful. It seems that most of the Big Country received around from five to nine inches. It has really soaked in the dry ground. Thank God for the moisture. I love this kind of weather, the temp is so nice, It gives a person more energy and good feeling.