CHAREN: There’s another way Trump could get immunity
Apparently interpreting the Supreme Court’s decision on the 14th Amendment as a personal vote of confidence, Donald Trump pushed his luck, urging the justices...
TEXAS VIEW: Abbott’s Super Tuesday triumph in voucher battle is no win for Texas
Our own Captain Ahab, otherwise known as Gov. Greg Abbott, managed to plunge his harpoon into the belly of the great whale last week....
ESTRICH: The State of the Union
The Republicans should be mortified. In fact, by all accounts, they are. Rolling Stone featured an entire article quoting their reactions to Alabama Sen....
TEXAS VIEW: Sobering Stats: TxDOT numbers offer compelling reasons to drive sober during spring...
Before getting a few well-deserved off days for spring break, several local high schoolers were putting in work as the Angelina County Drug-Free All-Stars...
ESTRICH: When is rape not real rape?
It's a question I've been writing about for more than 40 years, since I found myself in the back of a police car explaining...
GUEST VIEW: Water for Peace
By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI
The annual World Water Day is celebrated on March 22nd, 2024. This day focuses on the gratitude we owe our...
DAWNINGS: ’Springtime of the Soul’
By Rev. Dr. Dawn Darwin Weaks
Pastor, Connection Christian Church
“People never change.” “Once people show you who they are, believe them.” “A leopard never changes...
GUEST VIEW: Kroger-Albertsons merger will promote competition
By Trey Price
A flurry of lawsuits regarding the potential Kroger-Albertsons merger, culminating in a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission, has brought the issue...
HART: Weaponizing government against Trump is predictably backfiring
All the contrived “lawfare” cases against Trump are falling apart.
The cases were assigned to inept and corrupt blue-city prosecutors. And, on cue, the prosecutors...
OUR VIEW: Election results show voters weren’t fooled
So they did it.
Despite months of lies, twisted facts and disparaging comments by their opponents, Donna Kelm, Ronnie Lewis and the majority of their...