By Jan White There’s been a recent upswing in the use of the term ‘toxic positivity,’ a phrase that intrinsically sounds a bit confusing. After all, isn’t the whole point of positivity …
By Chris Edwards Last week, a lot of folks were likely left scratching their heads at a video posted by rap-rocker/fedora enthusiast Kid Rock. In the viral clip, Rock opened fire on several …
By Chris Edwards and Jan White You need only drive down any given street in almost every part of town to see that it’s that time again – voting season. Incumbent candidates have already …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com I’m sure it will come as a surprise to no one that I got into an argument on social media the other day. The subject in question was President …
“So, I mean, woke is, sort of the idea that, um, I…woke is something that is very hard to define”Bethany Mandel, author of Stolen Youth By Chris Edwards The above quote is taken from an …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com I’d bet there will be countless pundits, talking heads, regular folks and people who consider themselves to be journalist rampaging toward the quote …
With over 2,500 steers entered in the Houston Livestock Show just a couple weeks ago it made big news in the media. Both the grand and reserve champion steers sold in the auction for over $500.000 …
With over 2,500 steers entered in the Houston Livestock Show just a couple weeks ago it made big news in the media. Both the grand and reserve champion steers sold in the auction for over $500.000 …
Several weeks ago, I called your attention to the affects fentanyl is having across the country and our community. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and …
By Chris Edwards School board meetings can be eye-opening events for anyone interested in how our children are educated, and you should be interested. Not only are those children our future, but …
As the month of March winds down, so does Women’s History Month, the annual month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Although strides have …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com As the father of a couple of precocious teens, I’m constantly bombarded with them interrupting my television/work/gaming/chill time with some video …
By Rep. Trent AshbyRepresenting District 9 This past week, we saw a flurry of visitors from House District 9 as they visited their Texas Capitol to see the legislative process in action. I was …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com Bread and circuses is a phrase most commonly associated with the Roman Empire, something that the nation’s leaders gave the masses which distracted …
By Horace McQueen The former mayor of Chester, Texas has entered the race for President of the United States. From reading the information supplied by Floyd Petri when he registered as a …
By Chris Edwards and ChatGPT-4 ChatGPT’s latest iteration is an advanced language model developed by OpenAI that employs the GPT-3.5 architecture. This iteration has been trained on …
By Rep. Trent AshbyRepresenting District 9 The early return of warmer temperatures means spring is just around the corner. Driving back to East Texas each week from Austin, I can’t help but …
There is a lot of hoopla coming from various places, spaces and faces proclaiming “this country’s more divided than it’s ever been.” It’s a strange statement when one considers what …
Under legislation prioritized by House Speaker Dade Phelan, every Texas school would have an armed police officer, and aspiring teachers would receive extra support. The Dallas Morning News …
By Tony Farkastony@polkcountypublishing.com The extended daylight granted on Sunday has given all of us the opportunity to see the state of things, and in particular, at least for me, the state …
