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Disaster declaration follows Nicholas Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a half-million customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us.

Views from Around the Panhandle

My wife and I disconnected our land line phone a few months ago because the only calls we were getting were solicitations for extended warranties or charities we didn’t know or scams. Now, unfortunately, we are getting more and more of those calls on our cell phone.

Biden Administration Strategic Errors

Credit Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, with posing the critical question during Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Sept. 14 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

They Let Us Eat Cake…

Blackie Sherrod—arguably the best sportswriter this side of the ancient Olympic Games begun in Greece seven centuries before the birth of Christ—had a name for us. He classified us as drones and worker bees, mostly “9-to-5’ers” with little hope of ever getting ahead.

On Your Payroll

President Joe Biden, 1600 Pennsylvania, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500 (202) 456-1414. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Russell Senate Office Bulding 404, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-5922. Dallas office: LB 606, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1160, Dallas, TX 75231-2223. (214) 599-8749. U.S. Sen.

Our Future Depends on Learning From Sept. 11

Our country last weekend mourned history's worst attack on the U.S. mainland, 20 years after extreme Islamic terrorists hijacked four jets and killed nearly 3,000 individuals in one morning. Our country lost exactly 2,996 individuals to the attacks.

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Abbott calls third special session Gov.

Aspen Lab Fails its Own Litmus Test

We noted here Monday that nationally prominent political commentator Candace Owens was refused service -- a COVID test, no less -- by a medical lab in Aspen last week because the business didn't care for her public stance on vaccination, masks and the pandemic overall.

On Your Payroll

President Joe Biden, 1600 Pennsylvania, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500 (202) 456-1414. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Russell Senate Office Bulding 404, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-5922. Dallas office: LB 606, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1160, Dallas, TX 75231-2223. (214) 599-8749. U.S. Sen.

Now They Can Be Told…

Preachers, bless ‘em, don’t have to look hard for reasons to laugh. Some are able to put laughter “on hold,” restraining guffaws until sermons end; others can only surrender to the humor of the moment. This day, I’ll address the “long and the short of it,” The former, Dr.