Editor I read the dust up between Pastor Ho and Ms. Opiela. I can hopefully write a brief response from a conservative Lutheran layman’s perspective. I add the term conservative because there are Lutheran offshoots that are willing to compromise principal in favor of ecumenicism. Beware of wolves in sheep’sContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer In the 1980s Jack Kevorkian made headlines by advocating for assisted suicide. Kevorkian, a medical doctor, argued that terminally ill patients had the right to die with dignity. When the state of Michigan discovered that he had helped his patients die, he lost his medical license, and prosecutorsContinue Reading
Glenn Melancon/ Contributing writer You don’t have to listen long to hear what workers are saying about their lives. Their hours are long. Their pay is stagnant. They want more time with their children. They live one healthcare emergency away from bankruptcy. Millionaires and billionaires, however, have never had it better. Continue Reading
By Senator Robert Nichols (R) and Representative Terry Canales (D) Contributing Editorial Texas is growing and growing really fast: by roughly 1,000 people a day. But is anyone looking forward and planning for this growth? The answer is YES… and we’re doing something about it. On the ballot this NovemberContinue Reading
I can hardly put into words my feelings about Alden Ho’s column on the anti-christ. Your readers need to know that the statements he makes are only his opinions, and I will add, some very uninformed opinions at that. Let’s look at his assertions. A.) He cites Luke 5:21, butContinue Reading
By Glenn Melanconn Justice requires the truth. As Americans we require anyone testifying to do it under oath. Oath breakers face penalties for perjury. The truth is no less important in other aspects of life. Both Civil Law and the Bible made bearing false witness a crime. Civil law callsContinue Reading
By Ken Bridges Quanah Parker became a respected leader of the Comanche Nation at the end of the Plains Indian Wars. He spent much of his life caught between two worlds. He was the son of a white settler and a Comanche chief. And he had to lead his tribeContinue Reading
By Jared Cowgill, Bethel Baptist Church I can readily recall my call to ministry. It was Summer after my freshman year at Atlanta High School and my home church just got a new pastor, Claude Crocker. I remember being excited to both return to church and to meet our newContinue Reading
To the editor, I want to respond to Rusty Burris’s Letter to the Editor. PER RUSTY BURRIS AND I QUOTE: “The Biden poll numbers are in the “dump.” FACTUAL: YES, President Biden’s administration has only been for eight months which is hardly time to get true poll numbers and fromContinue Reading
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