These days, getting all three of my semi-grown daughters together for a family activity is like herding cats who have cars, jobs at coffee shops and their own debit cards. So, when our girls were …
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By Jase Graves, Guest Columnist
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9/8/23
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Seriously folks. Maybe we Republicans better stop banging on Old Joe Biden for the serious cognitive issues he obviously has. Unless we hold the players on our own team responsible for their …
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By Michael Reagan, Guest Columnist
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9/7/23
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Pronouns came up in conversation recently. Through circumstances largely beyond my control, I was at dinner a few nights ago with six or seven strangers. It wasn’t hard to read the room. They were …
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By John M. Crisp, Guest Columnist
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5/11/23
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As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we inherited from …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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5/10/23
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A Texas "gun enthusiast," Francisco Oropeza, 39, was firing off his AR15 in his yard Friday night about 40 miles from Houston. He was known to be touchy, so, despite the noise and danger, no one …
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By Tom H. Hastings, Guest Columnist
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5/10/23
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I was only 10 years old the first time I went to the hospital with severe head pain, uncontrollable vomiting, and visual disturbances with complete blindness in my left eye. Driving four hours to …
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By J.P. Summers, Guest Columnist
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5/9/23
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Roman Welzant, who claimed to have been tormented for years by neighborhood teenagers, shot two of them one winter night in 1980 as they threw snowballs at his house in Eastwood, just over the city …
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By Dan Rodricks, Guest Columnist
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4/26/23
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When it comes to criticizing the powerful or politically connected, the First Amendment protects the little guy. No matter who you are or how much money you have in the bank, you have the right to …
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By Will Creeley, Guest Columnist
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4/25/23
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Voters within the boundaries of Leander ISD have been asked to support a $762 million bond package on election day May 6.It is certainly a heavy lift for a community in a time of dramatic change, but …
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By Mike Eddleman, Guest Columnist
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4/19/23
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Generation Z seems like a paradox: far more open to diverse viewpoints and compromise than older Americans, but also in some ways more dogmatic.Will young people extinguish the flames of political …
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By Jean Guerrero, Guest Columnist
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4/19/23
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I will qualify for Medicare coverage in five years and, much to my surprise, I can’t wait to get government health coverage — because my current coverage is pricey.I recently finished a …
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By Tom Purcell, Guest Columnist
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4/12/23
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The Daily Wire’s Candace Owens recently made comments that led me to believe that she either doesn’t understand why disability representation is important or that she would like America to …
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By Melissa Ortiz, Guest Columnist
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4/12/23
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Last month, school officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, told teachers to stop showing students a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated an all-white New Orleans …
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By Robin Abcarian, Guest Columnist
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4/5/23
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A federal judge in Texas ruled last week that insurers no longer have to cover some preventive services that have long been included under the Affordable Care Act. It’s a frustrating decision that …
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By Lisa Jarvis, Guest Columnist
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4/5/23
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People may hear the word "library" and imagine librarians sitting behind a circulation desk, reading a book and telling patrons to be quiet. What many folks may not know, is that most of us are …
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By Annie Caplan and Cristy Moran, Guest Columnists
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3/29/23
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If you ever needed a reminder that we can’t turn a blind eye to hate, new data from the Anti-Defamation League should more than do the trick.White supremacist propaganda hit an all-time high across …
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By John L. Micek, Guest Columnist
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3/22/23
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The nation is watching Wisconsin as a state Supreme Court race with major implications for democratic outcomes—at both state and national levels—becomes an all-out spending war on behalf of the …
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By Alexander Vanderklipp, Guest Columnist
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3/22/23
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I like public schools for the same reason that William Faulkner hated the Post Office.Before Faulkner became the great Southern novelist, he hired on as the postmaster at the University of …
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By John M. Crisp, Guest Columnist
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3/15/23
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To witness bipartisanship at the Texas Capitol, look to the lawmakers who are working to improve open government laws.Legislators from both political parties are igniting interest in transparency and …
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By Kelley Shannon, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
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3/15/23
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Is all politics truly local? If so, how do we account for many of the priorities on the list of the bills that my home state’s legislature hopes to pass this year?Texas is so devoted to small …
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By John M. Crisp, Guest Columnist
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3/8/23
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