Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer Too bad Donald Trump won’t attend the second Republican presidential primary debate next week. His friends and enemies in the media will miss him and the high ratings he automatically generates, but he’s leading by a huge margin in the polls and he doesn’t need the TVContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer It is every parent’s worst nightmare. And it is a tragedy that still haunts a small East Texas town. On one terrible day in 1937, a school building in New London exploded, killing nearly 300 children. The oil industry had transformed Rusk County in a very short time since oil was first discovered in 1930. Oil workersContinue Reading
Tom Purcell/Contributing Writer I suppose it was just a matter of time before casual dress hit the U.S. Senate. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has told the Senate’s sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce the hallowed chamber’s informal dress code, which had required senators and their staffers to wear business attire.Continue Reading
Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer Thank God for Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana. I wish every major television and radio network in the country had covered what the smart and colorful Republican did in the Senate this week. As part of a hearing looking into the alleged threat to freedom posed byContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer Charles Culberson was part of an influential Texas political family. He would lead a notable career in his own right, serving two terms as governor and three terms in the U. S. Senate. Culberson was born in June 1855 in eastern Alabama. Shortly after he was born, his ambitious father, David B. Culberson, moved the family to Texas and setContinue Reading
Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer Almost a hundred years ago the great American author Sinclair Lewis wrote a political novel called “It Can’t Happen Here.” The 1935 book was a warning that what was happening then in Europe – the rise of fascism and Nazism – could come to America in theContinue Reading
Tom Purcell/Contributing Writer “Only bet what you can afford to lose.” That’s the message from the National Football League as its betting-company partners aggressively promote legal betting on pro football games. For years the NFL was adamantly against betting in sports. In 2012, reports the New York Post, the league’sContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer The days of the old frontier produced men whose legend grew bigger than the dusty plains. In those wild years where the West was still growing, who was in the right in the eyes of the law was often decided by who had the fastest gun. OneContinue Reading
Alvin New/ TxDOT Transporation Commissioner Texas has a lot to offer which includes over 80,000 highway lane miles. We also have worldclass rail and air facilities for freight and passengers. Nearly 2,000 people move here every day, steadily increasing the pressure on our infrastructure. That’s one of the reasons whyContinue Reading
Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer Seriously folks. Maybe we Republicans better stop banging on Old Joe Biden for the serious cognitive issues he obviously has. Unless we hold the players on our own team responsible for their cognitive issues, we have to stop harping on the obvious mental declines of President Biden,Continue Reading
Mr Reagan starts out his column with “Another week, another lame indictment.” I am no legal scholar. but I do understand how indictments work. A grandjury, made up of people like you and me, is presented the prosecution’sevidence. If the grand jury agrees there is enough evidence, indictmentsfollow. My first gripeContinue Reading
Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer As usual, there was too much cross-talk and chaos on stage. And there was way too much partisan cheering and hooting by the audience. But the first Republican presidential primary debate on Fox News was an entertaining spectacle. Instead of watching Tucker Carlson interview Donald Trump onContinue Reading
Tom Purcell/Contributing Writer Houses are getting smaller again — which is going to make many Americans happier. Americans faced with high mortgage rates and a shortage of affordable homes for sale are opting for new, smaller homes that do not have dining rooms, living rooms, spare bedrooms and even bathtubs,Continue Reading
Dr. Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer Thomas Campbell Clark played an important role in shaping many of the civil liberties Americans enjoy today during his career. As part of a long and distinguished legal career, Clark became the first – and to date, only – Texan to serve on the United StatesContinue Reading
Richard Skinner/Jefferson First Assembly of God When you go to the grocery store to shop for fruit how do you determine which one to buy? Maybe you look at its color, its firmness, its smell? Depending on the fruit, we all have our own subjective way to determine the best. Continue Reading
Mark Allen Caddo Lake: Well, we finally are starting to get a little touch of fall weather, and the bass are feeling it too. The bass are active in the Big Cypress Bayou schooling areas that are close to intersections of the river. My bait of choice is still theContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer As schools and universities across Texas begin their school years, teachers and administrators continue their work to educate students and improve lives. The University of Texas at El Paso has long been such an institution, serving as one of the pioneers for education in West Texas. AtContinue Reading
J. Bruce Bugg Jr./Chair, Texas Transportation Commission The star on the Texas flag somehow seems to shine a little brighter every year as more and more people move to Texas to find a thriving economy and a better quality of life. While that growth is wonderful to see, it doesContinue Reading
Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer Another week, another lame Trump indictment. Another week, another slimy Hunter Biden report. Another week, another smash-and-grab at a California mall. You can’t get away from this stuff unless you turn off the TV, take the alerts off your phone and sleep all day on the beachContinue Reading
This week saw the passing of a fellow newspaper publisher and friend, Morris Craig. Morris owned the Naples Monitor for around 50-years and was a friend, mentor, sounding board, and pillar of the Naples and Omaha communities. Morris will be greatly missed. -30- Morris Garland Craig December 24, 1937-August 19,Continue Reading