Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Early voting underway across state Early voting began Monday for May 1 elections in county, city and school district elections.Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs encourages all eligible voters to take advantage of the early voting period, which runs through Tuesday, April 27.

Views from Around the Panhandle

A friend shared the following with me last week. It made me grin. Now That I’m Older... —Don’t be worried about your smartphone or TV spying on you. Your vacuum cleaner has been collecting dirt on you for years. —If you can’t think of a word say, “I forgot the English word for it.

The Gaslighting of the American People

Last week, Project Veritas released a video of Charlie Chester, a CNN technical director, talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"; she had purposely targeted him and videoed him surreptitiously.

Record Holder No More…

“I’m gonna snatch you baldheaded” was an idle threat made by my saintly mother throughout my youth and beyond. She never did such snatching literally, but this was her expression of choice when she was truly ticked off.

Birding Has Blossomed

An old saying tells us that if a bird poops on your head, it’s a sign of good luck. Well, lucky or not, Texans have a higher chance of this occurrence than most.

Major League Baseball Errs Moving All-Star Game

No moral American wants to suppress anyone on a basis of race. As such, society must wonder what motivates Major League Baseball. The organization attempted an instant publicity coup without regard for the human beings who will pay for it.

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Abbott: No government mandated vaccine passports in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order last week banning state agencies, cities or counties from creating a “vaccine passport” requirement.

CBS' '60 Minutes' and Media Manipulation

This past Sunday, critically acclaimed CBS program "60 Minutes" broadcast an alleged bombshell report on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and an apparent "pay to play" scheme involving supermarket chain Publix and the state's distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

That’s the Way THEY Roll…

They are to be commended—the “big box” store planners—for the many “edges” they’ve honed to make it to the ladder’s top for in-store shopping.

Better Communication

The fact is that 3.5 voters support voter identification laws for every 1 voter who opposes them. But the news media and Democratic activist groups are equating voter ID laws with voter suppression.