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Like many of us, I’ve been glued to media coverage of the terrible violence in Gaza and Israel.
I was deeply shaken by the brutal killings of over a thousand Israelis on October 7. The …
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By Sarah Gertler, Guest Columnist
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11/1/23
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When I searched online for potential Halloween-column topics, I encountered innumerable headlines screaming about fun, easy, last-minute homemade Halloween costumes. Who are all the people in …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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10/26/23
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The judge in Donald Trump’s most important criminal trial has put a muzzle on the mad dog. It’s about time.
Granted, free speech is a sacred right in this country, guaranteed by the …
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By Dick Polman, Guest Columnist
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10/24/23
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Taylor Swift has been making massive headlines lately (to be honest when has she not?) for her efforts in getting 35,000 new voters to register in one single day. There's also her all-but-confirmed …
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By Elwood Watson, Guest Columnist
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10/19/23
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This fall, the Census Bureau released new poverty data showing a stunning reversal in economic security over the course of last year. The findings included a record jump in the Supplemental Poverty …
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By Shailly Gupta Barnes, Guest Columnist
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10/19/23
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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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OK, my fellow Republicans, you got rid of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Eight of you joined with every Democrat in the House of Representatives – the only part of the federal government we …
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By Michael Reagan, Guest Columnist
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10/12/23
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If you’ve ever dealt with someone making threats against you, been the subject of physical or verbal attacks, had rumors said behind your back, or been purposely excluded from a group, you know …
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By The Jason Foundation
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10/5/23
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National Newspaper Week (October 1-7) compels me to acknowledge my journalistic catastrophe of fifth grade. Based on my passion for reading Nashville’s two dailies, Miss Bunch handed me …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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10/5/23
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Hot peppers bring tears to my eyes, but so does a family anecdote from my young adulthood. I was living with my parents and slept during the day because I worked graveyard shift. One day my …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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9/28/23
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It appears some Republican donors are really concerned that presidential candidate Tim Scott, South Carolina's junior senator, is a 57-year-old bachelor — and whatever implications that …
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By Elwood Watson, Guest Columnist
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9/28/23
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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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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 …
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By Michael Reagan, Guest Columnist
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9/7/23
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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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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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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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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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