The Senate Republican leadership is pouring tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. Senate campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight race with Democratic nominee James …

Many of my friends and folks at events I attend ask me if wild hogs really make tasty pork. For many years, I have been a proponent of putting free range pork to good use. I always respond that yes, …

We just commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the horrific event in which nearly 3,000 lives were needlessly lost on a random fall Tuesday. Like other major events …

In an askance manner, more like side eye, I’ve been looking at this Lindsay Clancy case, but even the little things I have seen have been enraging. This woman strangled her children, ages 5, 3 …

It takes time and energy to keep a close watch on our government, but it’s our right as citizens. Really, it’s a duty. Transparency laws along with liberties granted by the U.S. Constitution help …

Billy Dixon and his four surviving companions waited for help on Sept. 13, 1874, or the return of an Indian war party, whichever came first. For the second time in three months, the 23-year-old …

The prophet Daniel predicted a majestic Messiah when he said, “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the …

Our home was filled with books and the books stuffed shelves, covered tables, and were stacked by the chairs of readers. It was the same at my grandmother’s house. We learned early that books …

With the state’s new fiscal year beginning on Sept. 1, Texas hospitals are expected to lose $27 million per day in additional Medicaid funding, according to the  Texas Standard . The shortfall …

In my early days as a deer hunter, I learned the basic patterns of the whitetail rut (breeding season) by observation. I had little idea of why deer interact as they do during different times of the …

I remember well the first time I fished with guide Tony Parker. It was a cold winter’s day back in the early nineties at Lake Tawakoni. Tony was just getting established as a fishing guide and …

Most people when you ask will tell you that 2016 was a horrible year for the loss of celebrities, particularly celebrities that were more well-respected than others. I distinctly remember everyone …

One day, a leper went to Jesus and knelt before him. That is scandalous in and of itself. In Jesus’ day, lepers were required to keep their hair disheveled, wear a mask over their mouths and noses, …

  “The hills were alive with wildflowers and I Was as wild, even wilder than they For at least I could run They just died in the sun And I refused to just wither in place” – Dolly …

This has been a memorable week in many ways. The news that Dolly Parton had passed away was a huge shock. I have written before about her philanthropic work, one of which is the Dolly Parton …

If you are a working family, you too have special needs and concerns about your child after school. A steady diet of TV is bad for any of us, and there is not really much on television that is good …

As the sun rose over the southeastern corner of Texas on the morning of Sept. 8, 1863, four Yankee warships began the bombardment of the pitiful excuse for a fort at Sabine Pass. …

The pushback against booming data center construction continues to grow, even as the state’s grid operator warns of rolling blackouts in West Texas if new transmission lines aren’t built, the …

Probably the entirety of Generation X, and maybe more than a few of the latter-day Boomers, will escape the Sword of Damocles-esque doom hanging over their collective heads come September. I …

So, last year, our esteemed Dudley Do-Right Manners and Morals Captain, Lt. Guv. Danny (Goeb) Patrick, the former Houston-based radio shock jock who broadcast his own vasectomy live, declared that …