A Bit Out of Balance

I think most of us have either driven or been the passenger in a vehicle with a tire that is out of balance. Motoring along, we can feel the slight wobbling pulsation of a spinning wheel whose routine rotation is simply out of whack.

If Politicians Acted Like My Kids…

Yesterday, a man stopped by my office. As he was leaving, he shared something that had happened to him recently. In a new store in town, a man deliberately walked up to him, saying, 'I do not have any respect for you,' and walked out.

Answers: Are they still a thing?

Whether it’s hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly, news is unquestionably on a cycle. The publication you’re reading now is on a weekly news cycle—obviously. Texas Monthly is, well… you get the idea.

Lucky’s Wartime Adventures

John Lucky Luckadoo of Dallas, 104 years old, was a member of a famous bomber group during World War Two. “It was the Bloody 100th Bomb Group,“ says Lucky. “That group was the subject of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s docu series entitled Masters Of The Air. And it’s about my bomb group.

Delete the lights on

As a journalist for a small community, I think y’all can see I strive to keep editorial commentary focused on local happenings.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends that are enjoying the column, we have had wonderful rain in Stonewall County, course I stayed awake two nights watching the clouds, but we made it through, Joe slept through it all, glad he could!!!!!!

Ode to the penquins, museums, and Jose Francisco

The little guys in black and white Live miles away and do not bite They eat fish, they just relax Why does their island need a tax?“Two tiny, remote Antarctic outposts populated by penguins and seals are among the obscure places targeted by the Trump administration's new tariffs.

Faces & Places

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.

Well, I’m just a bill…

I want to begin with an effort to embrace the spirit of transparency not only within our government and corporations but also from beyond the towering journalistic wall, as crumbling as it may be.

School Prayer and Ten Commandments Bill Clear Texas Senate

The Texas Senate last week passed a bill to allow school districts to set aside time for in-school prayer and gave initial approval to requiring all schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom.The Austin American-Statesman reported that the two measures were priorities of Lt....