Globe-trotting newspaper reporter Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker spoke in Dallas at Southern Methodist University on Nov. 20, 1941, but as usual his pro-war message fell on deaf and hostile ears. …

Recently I wrote about darling Lauren and how she is already “reading.” In reality, Lauren responds to the attention and the time her parents are giving her, and she is learning every …

It’s been a great week, and I’ve been blessed to spend time with fine friends that share my love of the outdoors. For those of us that love to hunt, this is most definitely our time of …

We got it in the early 1970s — a Kimball organ that sat in our living room for 20 years or more. It had single buttons that played whole chords. Other buttons played cymbals, marimba and …

There have been a lot of tragedies this year. From hurricanes and tornadoes to floods and school shootings and murder of a prominent figure. With all these tragedies it would be easy to ask …

I was setting among a group of very veteran outdoorsmen at an event this past weekend and the subject of great shots made and missed while hunting through the years was brought up. Without exception …

Not a lot of us stop to trace our roots of behavior, but we are all functioning as adults in many ways we learned as children from our observations of adults and their ways. We aren’t …

Yep, last week saw an election, and there were many high-stakes issues facing the country, the state and even our humble neck of the woods. For those of you who turned out, you done good, …

Friends of Shepherd Library held its second trivia team fundraiser night on Saturday. The categories ranged from literature to 70s music and extra points were added if you came in costume. The …

Last Friday marked 38 days of the government shutdown, the longest shutdown in U.S. history. I remain ready to work across the aisle with my Democrat colleagues on getting the government back …

We are almost at the end of 2025. After 50 days of shutdown, the government has decided to re-open and end the paid vacation of Congress. Which leads to the question do we really need a President or …

At the largest mass meeting in living memory, the citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, expressed their enthusiastic support for the Texas Revolution on Nov. 17, 1835. Their sincere statement of …

Texas voters approved all 17 constitutional amendments on the ballot last week, the Houston Chronicle reported. Those included measures to raise the homestead exemption and reduce property taxes for …

With the arrival of November, hunters across the state have finally taken to the field for the highly anticipated 2025 hunting season. With white-tailed deer and duck season under way, I want to …

Last time I wrote about my loofah plants, I talked about how to process the loofah gourds. Since then, I have picked my first two dried gourds, my first immature gourd to eat, had neighbors Mike and …

“Psalm 25:15: Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.” Years ago my family went swimming at Huntsville State Park at Huntsville, Texas. A …

“Write something sensible.” I’m finishing this column on the first anniversary of my mother’s passing, and I can still hear her cajoling me to cater to her down-to-earth …

I’m getting a little battle fatigued over the political landscape, so this week I’m going to focus on some of the things that have me puzzled but don’t require excessive thought, or …

Through my many years, I have hunted from all sorts of deer stands, everything from a couple of two by fours nailed to a forked tree limb to later in life elevated stands with all the amenities of a …

“She can’t.” Amazed, I said these words upon hearing from our proud, new-father son about our granddaughter. Although (you’ll pardon a proud, new grandmother), we have …