Guest Editorial: Texas book ban plan must be shelved
Guest Editorial: Big name-brand companies benefit illegally from migrant child labor
Guest Editorial: Lawmakers must ask, why should taxpayers bail AG Ken Paxton out on this screw-up?
Commentary: What’s missing from the LGBTQ+ debate is tolerance
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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Commentary: What did you inherit from your mother?
As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality …
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Commentary: Public Health 101: Guns
A Texas "gun enthusiast," Francisco Oropeza, 39, was firing off his AR15 in his yard Friday night about …
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Commentary: Paying for My Meds Twice: Texas Law Needed to Protect Patients
I was only 10 years old the first time I went to the hospital with severe head pain, uncontrollable …
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Commentary: Drop the gun, and nobody gets hurt
Roman Welzant, who claimed to have been tormented for years by neighborhood teenagers, shot two of …
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Commentary: Protect free speech: Don’t mess with Texas’ anti-SLAPP law
When it comes to criticizing the powerful or politically connected, the First Amendment protects …
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Commentary: LISD bond package deserves your consideration
Voters within the boundaries of Leander ISD have been asked to support a $762 million bond package …
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Commentary: Gen Z has good reason to be angry. Will they burn it all down?
Generation Z seems like a paradox: far more open to diverse viewpoints and compromise than older Americans, but also in some ways more …
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Commentary: Hey, Medicare, I’m counting on you
I will qualify for Medicare coverage in five years and, much to my surprise, I can’t wait to get government health coverage — because my …
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Commentary: Candace Owens is wrong, women who use wheelchairs can - and should - model underwear
The Daily Wire’s Candace Owens recently made comments that led me to believe that she either doesn’t understand why disability …
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Commentary: Kids deserve to know the truth about America's racist past. Even if it's painful
Last month, school officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, told teachers to stop showing students a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the …
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Commentary: A Texas judge hits preventive health care with a gut punch
A federal judge in Texas ruled last week that insurers no longer have to cover some preventive services that have long been included under the …
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Commentary: The power of libraries to connect communities
People may hear the word "library" and imagine librarians sitting behind a circulation desk, reading a book and telling patrons to be quiet. …
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Commentary: Shocking new data shows we can’t stop fighting hate
If you ever needed a reminder that we can’t turn a blind eye to hate, new data from the Anti-Defamation League should more than do the …
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Commentary: Reframing judicial elections — not 'who should we elect,' but 'why should we elect them at all?'
The nation is watching Wisconsin as a state Supreme Court race with major implications for democratic outcomes—at both state and national …
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Commentary: Why I like public schools and, for that matter, the Post Office
I like public schools for the same reason that William Faulkner hated the Post Office.Before Faulkner became the great Southern novelist, he …
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Commentary: Transparency at the Texas Capitol: A bipartisan effort
To witness bipartisanship at the Texas Capitol, look to the lawmakers who are working to improve open government laws.Legislators from both …
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LETTER: Extremists are in charge of the House of Representatives
Two years after the deadly attack on our country on January 6, 2021, it’s hard to ignore that the House of Representatives is now controlled …
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Letter: PEC capital credit distributions are incorrect
Dear Editor:The methods used by the Pedernales Electrical Cooperative, Inc. (PEC) to distribute capital credits to members do not result in …
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LETTER: The January 6th hearings prove that Trump is still a threat
To the Editor: The January 6th hearings have wound down for the moment but I won’t forget what I learned — that what happened that day …
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LETTER: Insurrectionists are running for office
To the Editor: The January 6th attack on our nation wasn’t a random act by a handful of sore losers, but a premeditated and organized …
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LETTER: We must elect democracy champions
To the Editor: If we’ve learned anything from the January 6th hearings so far, it’s that Trump and his allies will go to any lengths to gain …
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LETTER: What are book bans really about? Fear?
I have enjoyed reading your newspaper for years, but especially today when I read Mr. Micek’s subject column about my own favorite subject, …
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