To the editor, Never thought much about whether I look at things from the left or right, except for not wanting to approach anything so far either way that I end up sitting next to Marx or Hitler. That said, I stumbled upon this statement by an elected officialContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer The terrorist attacks on 9/11 ignited the Every time we turn around, Fox News and the rest of the professional conservatives cry like babies about scary socialism. It doesn’t take much education to know they haven’t a clue what socialism is. They simply want to scare and paralyzeContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/ Contributing Writer Big Government conservatives like to hide behind the slogan States’ Rights. They want you to believe they are standing up for you against the mean federal government. They have relied on this deception since the beginning of the Republic. Southern planters knew America’s revolutionary rhetoric threatened their vastContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/ Contributing writer Texas has produced many powerful political figures in its long history. In the 1930s, Texas had one of the most influential congressional delegations in the nation, including Sen. Morris Sheppard, the Senate Minority Whip, House Speaker John Nance Garner, and other congressmen such as future House Speaker Sam Rayburn andContinue Reading
To the Citizens of Marion County: Thank you for the honor of being named Marion County Citizen of the Year! It certainly came as a BIG surprise!! Yes, I burst into tears! I am honored to be in the company of many citizens who have done so much for thisContinue Reading
By Glenn Melancon The terrorist attacks on 9/11 ignited the rise of Big Government Conservatism. Just a few months before, George W. Bush had won a razor thin election by presenting himself as a compassionate conservative. Within days of the September attacks his mask fell off. Bush started toContinue Reading
By Ken Bridges “An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure,” is a popular English proverb. It has also become an important idea in medicine, to avoid major health crises by preventing them. As part of this, vaccinations have been part of health in the state for manyContinue Reading
By Dan Eakin It was not by coincidence that the the cross of our Redeemer did not stand alone on the hill of Calvary. There were two other crosses also there, to typify two distinct attitudes that all of the world would have toward the cross in the middle. OnContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer In 1862 the United Kingdom’s Parliament passed the first in a series of Contagious Disease Acts. The Members of Parliament considered sexual transmitted diseases a matter of national security. The MPs believed prostitutes spread the disease to the Armed Forces and weakened them. The Acts specifically targeted suspectedContinue Reading
By Glen Melanconn The United States Armed Forces have shown the world again that it is the best trained and equipped on the planet. In 2001, they went into Afghanistan to kill Osama Bin Laden and dismantle the 9/11 terror network. Long after their mission to kill Osama Bin LadenContinue Reading
By Ken Bridges He was the first chief justice of the state supreme court in Texas, and as such, he made Texas law into an instrument to be used by all people. John Hemphill was one of the first great legal minds to preside over a Texas court. Hemphill wasContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer I don’t know about you, but I started off my summer with hope. Together—united as one nation–we had turned the corner on Covid 19. The experts were right. Masks and physical distancing saved lives and bought time for many of us to get vaccinated. In June, however, conservativeContinue Reading
By Glen Melanconn I was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in a United States military hospital. My dad proudly served in the US Army for 17 years. He was there to defend against a Soviet invasion. The US Army first arrived in Europe during World War Two (1939-1945). It was partContinue Reading
By Dan Bridges Texas has long been a football state. One of the most successful Texas football dynasties, the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, stems from three players for the University of Arkansas and their 1964 championship season: Jerry Jones, Barry Switzer, and Jimmy Johnson. For the Arkansas Razorbacks, theContinue Reading
By Dan Eakin Most of us probably live from day to day mostly thinking about how to meet the physical and material needs of the day. Sometimes we may go for days, weeks and maybe even months without giving much thought to the fact that we will one day die.Continue Reading
