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35 Texas counties eligible for individual disaster aid
35 Texas counties eligible for individual disaster aid
Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported. 06/12/2024 00:00
On Behalf of the Jury, I Object!
On Behalf of the Jury, I Object!
The jury system has literally been around for millennia. Early Greek democracy included citizen juries; our modern system has its roots in medieval England. The fundamental idea was that fairness could be better achieved if a group of one’s peers in the community had input into the final decision of the court and could advise the judge according to their deliberations. 06/12/2024 00:00
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Former president Trump, you had four years to lead the United States and failed us by your own choosing. Whether it be in foreign policy or domestic policy, you did not protect the United States as commander in chief. 06/12/2024 00:00
Did Trump’s Conviction Matter?
Did Trump’s Conviction Matter?
Former President Donald Trump is still leading incumbent President Joe Biden in national polls despite being convicted by a New York City jury on May 30, according to the latest average of polls taken since then compiled by RealClearPolling.com, with Trump leading Biden 45.4 percent to 44.6 percent. 06/12/2024 00:00
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alamo RCD Area, Inc., Senior Assistance Program, sponsors the Free Food Pantry every month. The next Food Distribution is Thursday, June 13, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., at The Way Church, 7789 FM 1283. 06/05/2024 00:00
Sour on Spoilers
Sour on Spoilers
There are currently three third party candidates for president: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornell West. All three candidates claim they are running to give voters a choice and a chance to voice their views. All three insist they are not “spoilers.” Let’s examine this. 06/05/2024 00:00
Trump prosecutions threaten constitutional order
Trump prosecutions threaten constitutional order
Former President Donald Trump’s verdict is in: guilty on all accounts. 06/05/2024 00:00
Climate Change: A Road to Death
Climate Change: A Road to Death
The world is headed right down that road. It killed 4 children in Valley View, Texas in the darkened, early morning hours of Sunday, May 26, 2024. Over that Sunday, tornadoes also killed “at least 23 people in a long-weekend swarm of deadly weather.” 06/05/2024 00:00
The Creeping Left
The Creeping Left
You may thank your lucky stars that you live in Bandera and not some urban environment controlled by Socialists, which are the same as Communists, just without the power to enforce their dictatorship with weapons. 05/29/2024 00:00
Above the Law
Above the Law
Many of us are following the ongoing trial(s) and in(s)ane utterances of defendant Donald Trump as he is threatened with facing the music for various criminal acts. The trial relating to covering up illegal campaign actions associated with concealing his sexual assaults and infidelities is ending as I write this. 05/29/2024 00:00
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Should THE RULE OF LAW apply both: to Abbott, Patrick & Paxton’s complicity in condoning, ignoring and pardoning occasional murders of minorities and immigrants; as well as to Hamas, Bibii & Biden’s complicity in the mass murder of 35,000 Jews, Muslims and Christians, including the whole society, culture and nation of Palestine? 05/29/2024 00:00
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A recent opinion letter reads, 'the inviolable separation of church and state is essential.... if the Constitution means anything'. 05/29/2024 00:00
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The month of May is National Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Month. 05/22/2024 00:00
Church and State Can Only Be Healthy if Separate
Church and State Can Only Be Healthy if Separate
I recalled in my last column that many of the earliest European settlers in the not-yet United States were leaving home in search of freedom: they didn’t want to be ruled by a King and they were willing to undergo terrible hardships in order to follow rules of laws that they made themselves. 05/22/2024 00:00
AN OPEN LETTER IN SUPPORT OF MR. JOSH TEITGE FOR BANDERA COUNTY SHERIFF
AN OPEN LETTER IN SUPPORT OF MR. JOSH TEITGE FOR BANDERA COUNTY SHERIFF
Editor’s Note: The following is a paid political advertisement, 05/22/2024 00:00
Where Do We Go From Here?
Where Do We Go From Here?
The old hymn declares that we are marching to higher ground. Our prevailing culture, however, suggests otherwise. 05/22/2024 00:00
I Don’t Trust The News!
I Don’t Trust The News!
We hear that all the time from both sides of our political divide. Frankly, it’s frightening. 05/15/2024 00:00
RUN- OFF ELECTION ENDORSEMENT
RUN- OFF ELECTION ENDORSEMENT
Editor’s Note: The following is a paid political advertisement. 05/15/2024 00:00
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PRAY FOR ISRAEL 05/15/2024 00:00
Biden proposal would turn back clock on American innovation
Biden proposal would turn back clock on American innovation
The White House just released a new proposal that would turn back the clock on four decades of beneficial collaboration between leading research universities and the private sector. 05/15/2024 00:00
Hitting Rock Bottom
Hitting Rock Bottom
For Christians in the cowboy crowd, or those who at least believe in God, one of two things seems to happen when a cowboy hits rock bottom. 05/08/2024 00:00
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