Halloween History - And the Art of Fake News

On the morning of Oct. 31, 1938, American newspapers coast-to-coast ran headlines describing the mass panic resulting from a CBS radio broadcast the previous night.

'SCHOOL CHOICE' is main topic of Special Session

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter to legislative leaders indicating a special session will begin on Oct. 9 dealing with what he has called “school choice” but is more widely known as vouchers.

Making a Business out of Music

“There’s a song in everything,” says songwriter and performer John Arthur Martinez of Fredericksburg. “There a song in a sunset, there’s a song in heartbreak, there’s a song in a wildflower after a rain.” The 15 albums of his original music have his initials on them: J A M.

Old news on the forefront of tomorrow

The irony is not lost on me that this week is National Newspaper Week, and a majority of the editorial commentary written within the pages of newsprint will likely be read by many more people once it’s duplicated and sent to a device small enough to fit in your pocket.

2 Cents Worth

Grab you a glass of tea and visit with me awhile, i know it's early but we all have things to do this week, so we've got to get busy!!!!! Joe says, 'OH! know she's on the march everybody get ready she has a list a mile long for me to get done this week.!!!!

In the beginning…

As with many of you, Sunday school and Wednesday night children’s Bible classes always included the creation story. The figures placed on a felt board, the cut outs, and the coloring pages were mainstays of those 45-minute gatherings.

A Hike to Remember

My relationship with athletic activities is complicated. I do not dislike them. I like them, in principle. However, I excel naturally at a few things in life (talking too much, exasperating my wife, and so forth) and athletic activity is not one of them.

Faces & Places

'A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or spade. He's not an eight or a nine, a king or a jack. He is an outsider. He is placed in the same pack as the other cards but doesn't belong there.

Lt Gov Dan Patrick ‘s bias influenced the outcome of Paxton's acquittal

Lt Governor Dan Patrick, as leader of the Texas Senate, conducted a sham trial while claiming to be unbiased in the impeachment hearing of Ken Paxton and had us all fooled.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning grab you a glass of tea or a cup of coffee and visit with me awhile and do I have a story to tell you!!!!