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Keeping true to importance of family during holidays

Keeping true to importance of family during holidays

I wrote this column in view of the Arno River, celebrated in operas, paintings and literature. 11/29/2023 12:00 AM

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it from a $7.6 billion education bill. The Austin American-Statesman reported it is unclear what Abbott’s next move will be. 11/28/2023 12:00 AM

Only choice on vouchers is to say no to them

Only choice on vouchers is to say no to them

The state’s constitutionally mandated public education system is teetering for many reasons, and one of them is the influence of Texas billionaires who have bankrolled the push for private school vouchers. 11/26/2023 05:00 AM

History of pumpkin pie

History of pumpkin pie

I love pumpkin pie. 11/26/2023 05:00 AM

Dear Abby

Sister has a penchant for telling unbelievable tales

DEAR ABBY: Over the years, my younger sister, “Hannah,” has been lying about some significant things, such as: She claims she was there alone with our dad when he died; that our older sister tried to talk her into signing herself into a state mental hospital; that my boyfriend was imaginary, etc. 11/24/2023 05:00 AM

Dear Abby

Boss has taken advantage of employee’s kind offer

DEAR ABBY: My boss, who recently separated from her husband and is getting divorced, has moved within walking distance of work. The problem is, she can’t drive, and her daughter needs to be taken to and from school. I offered to help her out with her daughter, but now she’s asking me to take her everywhere she needs to go. 11/23/2023 05:00 AM

Time is sure flying by

Time is sure flying by

Well, that quarter-century went by faster than the weaver’s shuttle! 11/22/2023 12:00 AM

Science, not ideology, belongs in classrooms

Science, not ideology, belongs in classrooms

Science is about proof, not the political lenses we prefer. 11/22/2023 12:00 AM

Texas A&M’s coach buyout is so wrong

Texas A&M’s coach buyout is so wrong

Texas A&M’s obscene $78 million coach buyout is sports obsession run amok Even in Texas, there must be a limit to how much we’ll invest in sports. 11/22/2023 12:00 AM

Texas House kills school choice plan

Texas House kills school choice plan

The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported. 11/21/2023 12:00 AM

Shaky grid can't handle crypto energy-guzzlers

Shaky grid can't handle crypto energy-guzzlers

While Texans this year sweated out the hottest August ever recorded and paid budget-crushing electricity bills to cool their homes, at least one Bitcoin mining company made millions in extra profits when the state’s electric grid nearly ran out of juice. 11/19/2023 05:00 AM

Footing debt service bill

Footing debt service bill

Well, that didn’t take as long as expected. 11/19/2023 05:00 AM

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