By Chris Edwards Boondoggle – n., work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value At least since the 1960s, the overlords in the high towers of state …
Anyone spending any time thumbing through the short videos on Facebook, Instagram and the like has more than likely seen something comparing the different generations of Americans — highlighting …
Changes include online obituary scheduling system, searchable database Readers can expect to have a better experience when visiting our news website easttexasnews.com by summer. The current site …
By Chris Edwards Last Friday, the legendary Randy Travis ended up a headline news item with a new song, “Where That Came From,” his first new recording since 2013, when he suffered a massive …
By Tony Farkas While you were busy wondering if the students at the University of Chicago would be gifted by the powers that be with HIV tests, dental dams and Vaseline, there were other …
By Chris Edwards Last Friday, the legendary Randy Travis ended up a headline news item with a new song, “Where That Came From,” his first new recording since 2013, when he suffered a massive …
Pete Sessions District 17 Representative On Tuesday, I participated in the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs …
MAKING SENSE by Michael Reagan “Death to Israel!” “Death to America!” It sounds like something you’d hear chanted by hundreds of brainwashed young people in the …
By Tony Farkas When I first heard the phrase “keyboard warrior,” I actually guffawed. Chortled, if you will. Some brilliant person encapsulated the person who feels empowered and/or …
The growth of industrial-scale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week. The Dallas Morning News reported Pablo Vegas, the agency’s CEO, said bitcoin …
When I first heard the phrase “keyboard warrior,” I actually guffawed. Chortled, if you will. Some brilliant person encapsulated the person who feels empowered and/or vindicated by hammering …
Special to the Booster WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement on the bills that were voted on in the House last Friday. These bills included the …
By Tony Farkas Years ago, I recall putting a post on my Facebook page about the government’s embrace of transgenderism and the target it put on Title IX. In a nutshell, Title IX is the …
By Chris Edwards OJ Simpson’s trial was one of the hallmark episodes that launched the nation into 24-7 news coverage cycles. It might not have been historic on the level of the Kennedy …
Everyone more than likely has a memory, either of the actual thing or a scene in a movie, of a father driving a car and becoming increasingly irate at the behavior of the kids in the back seat. …
Special to the News-Times WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, Chairman of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, …
Special to the News-Times WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas 8, and Lou Correa (D-Calif., recently introduced the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act. This …
Pete SessionsDistrict 17 Representative One of my top priorities is ensuring the natural resources and public lands within our 17th District are properly cared for and accessible to all …
By Tony Farkas On the days that I am just too dejected to yet again comment on the declining state of affairs in the state, nation and world, I look to humor to perk myself up. So let’s …
On Easter Sunday, while I was trolling around the interweb looking for inspiration for a column, I was struck by the events that were designed to take away from the incredible events that Christians …
