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Hurricane Laura brings renewed pitch for Ike Dike As thousands fled southeast Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura, Texas A&M promoted an Ike Dike as a critical way to protect the region from devastating damage.
16-Year-Old NOT ‘DeFEETed’…

16-Year-Old NOT ‘DeFEETed’…

16-Year-Old NOT ‘DeFEETed’…

The aura of a special day added to the enchantment of a special place, beautiful Bryant Park in Manhattan. The weather was made to order, unseasonably cool, and a few thousand people— most of them visiting gawkers like me—adorned the grassy pallet of green.

Signs of Trump Victory

Don't kid yourself. Don't be fooled by the bravado. Democrats behind the scenes are scared and getting more desperate by the day because there are so many signs of a coming Donald Trump victory. The signs are everywhere. Polls show an overwhelming majority of Americans don't want to defund police.
Capital Highlights

Capital Highlights

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School year brings an Apple for students, too Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic.
Facts of Later Life…

Facts of Later Life…

Facts of Later Life…

It seems like only yesterday that my friend Roy McQueen thought himself to be “middle-aged.” Oh, he knows that life spans would need to reach three digits for this to be a literal truth.

Big Spending Biden

Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first, Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Last year, we compared the costs of the leading Democratic candidates' promises. At that time, Biden, to his credit, proposed the least new spending. Kamala Harris promised the most. She wanted to add $4.
Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Texas Press Association Capital Highlights

Texas tries nation’s first virtual criminal trial A Texan’s speeding ticket put her in the legal history books last week. To combat the backlog in criminal cases created by the pandemic, a Travis County justice of the peace conducted the nation’s first virtual criminal trial.

Views From Panhandle Editors

I love peanuts but was banned from bringing peanuts in the shell into our home years ago. I have taught my grandchildren, however, to enjoy shelling and gobbling goobers in the backyard and have been known to crack and eat a few in my pickup.