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Read moreAs we endure an exceptionally dry period in the Hill Country, many of us may have noticed even more effects than usual on the land around us. In my case, I have trees I planted 10 years ago dying…. and they are natives. I also observe decades old trees that have died that were vibrant 20 years ago… and it is not from oak wilt.
Read moreI am a 100. % disabled Vietnam Veteran.
Read moreStating the obvious, many people have been expressing concern about the integrity and security of our elections when fraud has been found, while others claim it’s all a conspiracy theory to discredit the accusations because currently the fraud may be in their favor. They say their proof is invalid or not enough for ‘widespread fraud’. BUT proof doesn’t matter when the claims cannot gain traction even though there is substantial proof and proof tellers are unable to engage the media to educate the voters of the fraud that has been uncovered. Therefore, whenever someone provides proof, it’s ignored and brushed off like the ‘crazy’ has been let out of a cage.
Read moreIt could be one of the hardest instructions from Jesus for a cowboy to accept, when he tells us to turn the other cheek.
Read moreRecently an “Independent” wrote to the Opinion page a piece that required a response. Comforting as it may be that she would willingly vote for a Republican, so long as he or she supported Democrat initiatives, it’s pretty clear that writers from the left persuasion do not read nor accept at face value much of anything written by those of a traditional viewpoint and she gave us all a reason why. Rather than respond to direct statements and facts, they prefer recasting the conservative viewpoints in abominable terms, calling into question their humanity and common decency. This is known as employing the “straw man fallacy” that discredits the opposition with inaccurate hideous terms and then destroys their cartoon creation with invective. She appears to subscribe to the philosophical viewpoint of some European philosphers that our concept of reality is untrustworthy as it is likely illusion and that we cannot really know what we think we know, presumably because we all have preconceived notions that require reinforcing and we compromise the truth in order to do so. Taken to extremes, the doubt leads to educated incapacity by denying any validlity of our perceptions. We can probably all acknowledge that our biases have an impact on our worldview and may skew our ability to make good decisions. After all, many of us absorbed the Simon & Garfunkel song, “The Boxer”, which enshrined the idea: “All lies and jests, Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” However, once upon a time, before TV and video games, people, notably the Founding Fathers used to read and traditional Biblical morality was taught in the schools as a way to test and constrain our own ideas and impulses against those of a higher power. Marxists and others who would substitute themselves for the supreme authority have cleverly abolished this curricula as an infringement on liberty, an imposition of guilt or anti-science. How has that worked out for us? Can it be said anymore that we all have an internal law, a conscience that constrains our actions? The psychological view is not only a cynical view of everyone’s integrity, but assumes a super-sanctimonious position of moral superiority above the rest of us as if her elite type of expert is unaffected by the hu man condition. If it is indeed a valid psychological principle, I would urge the writer to inspect the actual fruits of her own persuasion, including the unintended consequences which must be owned before casting aspersions at those held by others she clearly does not understand or maliciously mischaracterises. Is there any limit to the arrogance of people who assume there are no other consequences of the policies they put into place beside the ones they sanctimoniously intend? Further, it should be understood that what she proposes is substituting her unsupported by history version of morality for established law which has at least been the result of much expert experience and legal testing. While any given law may not be perfect, it has had the input from more than one interest, is the result of compormise and thus been subjected to the search for truth.
Read moreNeither of the two major parties seems to think that their environmental policy proposals deserve emphasis in this year’s elections. The Republicans rest their hopes on culture wars and vulgar slogans. The Democrats as usual fear, with good reason, that sounding like tree huggers will not get them many votes in a state that worships the fossil fuel industry.
Read moreFor those of you living in a cave and hadn’t heard, Texas has been in the news a lot lately. It seems Gov. Abbott realized Biden is ignoring the massive invasion on our Southern border and decided to act.
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