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President Biden recently sent an email to 153,000 student-loan borrowers reminding them to vote for him this autumn. Actually, his email said that he is going to put America into even more hock …
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By Tom Purcell, Guest Columnist
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2/29/24
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Shining light on our government through public information helps us ask questions of elected officials — and hold them accountable. Sunshine Week, taking place March 10-16, recognizes the …
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By Kelley Shannon, Guest Columnist
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3/14/24
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You probably crave a break from my patented “sour grapes” routine, but we must face facts: spring break (a.k.a. Easter break, a.k.a. mid-term break, a.k.a. “unwind, rejuvenate, have …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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3/14/24
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In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share” of …
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By Sarah Anderson, William Rice and Zachary Tashman, Guest Columnists
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3/21/24
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When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro engaged in a legal battle with the Little Sisters of the Poor over their refusal to subsidize birth control for their employees, I got very angry. As a …
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By Christine Flowers, Guest Columnist
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3/24/24
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Republicans are never going to impeach Joe Biden. I wish more Republicans would beat that fact into their skulls. Just as Democrats weren’t able to impeach Donald Trump because they …
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By Michael Reagan, Guest Columnist
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3/28/24
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As a federal customer service representative, I help seniors access the health care they need through Medicare. I often handle hundreds of calls per day to sign people up, answer their questions, …
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By Christina Jimenez, Guest Columnist
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3/28/24
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The earworm “1-8-7-7 Kars 4 Kids” always struck me as a stellar example of how insufferable advertising can be when its creators really put their minds to it. The organization behind the …
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By Peter Funt, Guest Columnist
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4/4/24
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As a writer, I can’t deny harboring an appreciation for the richness of slang, metaphors, similes and colloquialisms. And yet…there’s something not quite rational about the …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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4/4/24
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After years of trying to develop what he called a “premium” hamburger, McDonald’s CFO Ian Borden surprised no one the other day by announcing that the company's new focus is not …
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By Peter Funt, Guest Columnist
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4/11/24
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When I read about the “silent book club” trend, it filled me with instant calm and hope. As it goes, in 2012, two friends in San Francisco came up with the idea for a non-formal …
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By Tom Purcell, Guest Columnist
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4/11/24
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If you’re a parent or student in America this fall, watch out: “edutainment” could be coming to your school. What’s “edutainment”? It’s what PragerU, a …
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By Svante Myrick, Guest Columnist
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10/12/23
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Voters within the boundaries of Leander ISD have been asked to support a $762 million bond package on election day May 6.It is certainly a heavy lift for a community in a time of dramatic change, but …
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By Mike Eddleman, Guest Columnist
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4/19/23
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Roman Welzant, who claimed to have been tormented for years by neighborhood teenagers, shot two of them one winter night in 1980 as they threw snowballs at his house in Eastwood, just over the city …
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By Dan Rodricks, Guest Columnist
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4/26/23
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When it comes to criticizing the powerful or politically connected, the First Amendment protects the little guy. No matter who you are or how much money you have in the bank, you have the right to …
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By Will Creeley, Guest Columnist
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4/25/23
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A Texas "gun enthusiast," Francisco Oropeza, 39, was firing off his AR15 in his yard Friday night about 40 miles from Houston. He was known to be touchy, so, despite the noise and danger, no one …
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By Tom H. Hastings, Guest Columnist
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5/10/23
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I was only 10 years old the first time I went to the hospital with severe head pain, uncontrollable vomiting, and visual disturbances with complete blindness in my left eye. Driving four hours to …
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By J.P. Summers, Guest Columnist
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5/9/23
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Pronouns came up in conversation recently. Through circumstances largely beyond my control, I was at dinner a few nights ago with six or seven strangers. It wasn’t hard to read the room. They were …
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By John M. Crisp, Guest Columnist
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5/11/23
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As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we inherited from …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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5/10/23
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These days, getting all three of my semi-grown daughters together for a family activity is like herding cats who have cars, jobs at coffee shops and their own debit cards. So, when our girls were …
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By Jase Graves, Guest Columnist
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9/8/23
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