Growing up as a military brat, we were allowed to access base services, sort of a perk for the family of an Air Force servicemember. However, if we abuse those privileges, we lost them, and it …

Fans of the free press (you know, that ole pesky bastion of checks and balances protected by the pole position amendment on the Bill of Rights) and governmental transparency were left with their …

Given that the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case has called a mistrial, which sets up another bout in the judicial squared circle, the two respective camps — simplified to guilty and non-guilty — …

With no particular allegiance to party, here is a quick list of ridiculous promises made by candidates during hotly contested elections: •Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, looking to …

“Where are you going? They say you never know, but I remember laughing wherever I’d go” – Charlie Robison, “Tonight” With all of the times I’ve used this space to …

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 …

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 …

  “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 …

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 …

There are a couple of phrases that bounce around my brain frequently; one is what the headline for this story was paraphrased from (“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the …

Ah, the great affordability debate of 2026, and in one corner, we have Rep. Dan Crenshaw, of Texas’s 2nd Congressional District, who, last week, decided to criticize Americans who say that rising …

Years ago, there was a television show running that I became a huge fan of, that being “Person of Interest.” The premise of the show was that there was a nationwide system that monitored …

A while back there was quite a bit of hubbub around the opening of the Obama Presidential Library. Its oft-lampooned brutalist style architecture, which has brought some folks mind of Imperial ships …

For most of us, particularly those in the private sector, failure comes with consequences. In a criminal sense, there’s courts, jail time, restitution or fines or both, community service and …

Celebrity scientists are an interesting breed in the pop culture marketplace. People like Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson have popularized big concepts to broad audiences that, sometimes, probably …

On the one hand, there’s the party of fascists calling out communists in the other party, probably as a precursor to resurrect the House Un-American Activities Committee. On the other hand, …

“Meet me at the book burning” – R.E.M. “Exhuming McCarthy”   In years past, I had created a cast of characters in my head, many of them exaggerated versions of politicians …

Last Thursday, President Donald J. Trump spoke before the American people about an issue of grave importance, and no, it was not an address to assure We the People that the economic strains we’re …