Texans are no strangers to housing cycles. What has changed is how much housing now shapes everyday decisions – where people can live, how far they commute, and whether they can stay close to …
Another season, another theme. As it was for Halloween and Christmas, so it is for Valentine’s Day. The stores are full of balloons, cards, and candies to give to the people we love. …
Song lyrics, short stories, memes and even adages contain such wisdom that it could be considered astonishing. This thought started banging around my brain as I was listening to my favorite …
“ Journalism is printing something that someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell The First Amendment to the Constitution was written …
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” was the mantra we used to protect ourselves from the taunts and terrors of childhood's verbal wars. Moms knew just what …
Mary Austin Holley landed at Galveston on Feb. 5, 1843, on her fifth and final visit to her dead cousin’s former colony. …
At least 11 people have died in Texas, nearly half of them children, after Winter Storm Fern swept the state last week, the Texas Standard reported. Among those killed were three young brothers who …
If you’ve lived in Deep East Texas for any length of time, you learn to keep one eye on the weather. Around here, we’ve seen just about everything — floods, wildfires, hurricane remnants, and …
I like to walk at night around our neighborhood. Last summer, I looked up at the stars and witnessed a strange sight. It was like a lighted caterpillar moving across the sky. As I watched, it …
February is my favorite month of the year. Why, because everything I do and celebrate that month has to do with purple. My birthstone is purple amethyst, my favorite flower, the orchid, is purple, …
I hope you and your family had a happy New Year and stayed safe and warm during the recent winter weather. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue serving and representing East and Southeast …
The plan was pretty simple and straight forth. A group of close friends and I were all suffering from a case of cabin fever, locked inside you know after the recent blast of freezing rain, sleet and …
I hope the freeze did not affect you too much. We lost some plants even though they were covered, the rest were brought inside. Hopefully they will be able to live outside again soon. …
The Founding Fathers, in their wisdom, determined that a free society must be able to worship unencumbered and unregulated by any government. As a matter of very well-documented and litigated …
Like many of you I’m sure, I spent the earlier part of this week cooped up in the house thanks to that Alberta clipper that came roaring down and turned much of the country into a walk-in freezer. …
We just lost a real one here in Tyler County. My friend, and a good friend to too many folks to even begin to comprehend, Mr. Fred Sullivan, passed on to his sweet spot in the …
I was beginning to think (and have even been told) that I was hopelessly out-of-date, feeling as I do that it is important for children to learn to use words such as "please,” "thank you,” “may …
The resurrected Ku Klux Klan launched a wave of terror and intimidation on Jan. 30, 1921, with the whipping, tarring and feathering …
The electricity grid that covers most of Texas was holding up as of Sunday during the latest winter storm, although localized power outages were reported in Deep East Texas and far West Texas. …
I was watching a commentary on the sport of football, and as the video showed 350-pound professional football players crashing into each other, the deep, rich voice of the broadcaster said, “The …
