Change the Constitution?

This Fourth of July, watching people fight over what the Constitution means, I asked people, if you could change the Constitution, what would you change? "The forefathers knew what they were doing," said one woman. But the Constitution originally accepted slavery. It's good that we can amend it.

On Going Home…

Thomas Wolf, the author who insisted that we can’t go home again, got it wrong. One can indeed do so, but “home” may hardly be recognizable, and/or—truth to tell—noticeably improved. It’s a two-hour drive from our Metroplex home to Brownwood, our hometown, so our visits there have dwindled.

Proud To Be an American

I am proud to be an American. Yes, I know that our system of government is not perfect, but I firmly believe that it is the best in the world. We are an exceptional country, not because our people are exceptional but because we have a different, and exceptional, structure of government.

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Three arrested in deaths of 53 migrants Three people were arrested last week by federal authorities in connection with a human smuggling incident that left 53 migrants dead.

Anti-racism' Widens the Racial Divide

A refreshing interview this week by our news affiliate Colorado Politics challenges current wisdom about addressing racism -- and offers tonic for what ails race relations these days across the country. "As a child, I found myself fighting a war on two fronts.

Superintendent Cherishes Clown Role….

We’ve all heard of the futility of trying to take “country” from rural lads after they’ve moved to town, and the same likely applies to attempts to take “clown” from rodeo entertainers, even when they climb the educational ladder to school superintendencies.

Biden's 'Green' Agenda Ruins Nearly Everything

As the most fortunate of Americans attempt to enjoy vacations this summer -- as they run out of money and run up high-interest credit cards -- they should wrap their minds around one basic underlying cause for the struggle: Far-left activists and an infirm president they control have attacked our...

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Abortion officially illegal in Texas The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade effectively ends all legal abortions in Texas within the next 30 days, many news media outlets reported.

A New Kind of Comedy

A woman tells the cop who stopped her in a carpool lane she's allowed to drive there because her pronouns are "they" and "them." That's from a video by a conservative Christian satire site called the Babylon Bee. Their humor gets millions of views. "Christian conservatives used to ...

Uncle Mort on the Prowl…

My phone pulsated with excitement that could be attributed to my Uncle Mort’s recent spate of news, both good and bad. I asked for the good news first. “You ain’t gonna believe this, nephew, but I went into the swamp last night looking for cases of Monkey Pox, and things got really strange.