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On St. Nick’s Day, charitable donations are really slumping

On St. Nick’s Day, charitable donations are really slumping

Here’s an unpleasant holiday statistic: Average Americans are giving significantly less to their favorite charities this year than they did just four or five years ago. 12/06/2023 12:00 AM

Can we just sleep through Christmas season this year?

Can we just sleep through Christmas season this year?

It was never as high-profile as “Rudolph” or “Frosty,” but it’s worth noting that the animated special “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas” turns 50 on December 17. 12/06/2023 12:00 AM

Texas should ban use of smartphones by students in its schools statewide

Texas should ban use of smartphones by students in its schools statewide

Smartphones are ubiquitous, and not just among adults. Many kids have them now, even at elementary school ages–and they’re not just on TikTok at home, they’re distracted during school hours, too. 12/06/2023 12:00 AM

Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge

Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could decide whether medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban are written clearly enough to protect pregnant women who face serious health risks, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 12/05/2023 12:00 AM

State educators deny climate factors again

State educators deny climate factors again

The Texas Board of Education denied climate change–again. 12/03/2023 05:00 AM

To tip or not to tip: a modern question

To tip or not to tip: a modern question

Tipping demands sure have gotten out of control. 12/03/2023 05:00 AM

Gov. Abbott needs to rethink who he will support in 2024?

Gov. Abbott needs to rethink who he will support in 2024?

It’s not like we really thought this would go differently, but we were still disappointed to see Gov. Greg Abbott endorse Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination. Not shocked, not even a little surprised, but disappointed nonetheless. 12/03/2023 05:00 AM

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

Paths for high-speed rail services in Texas

Paths for high-speed rail services in Texas

As congestion and accidents plague our roadways, innovative transportation solutions are key to sustaining our region’s rapid growth. Though it seems utopian in Texas, highspeed rail could be a huge boon for the state if implemented strategically. 11/29/2023 12:00 AM

Hang your Christmas lights, but be careful doing it

Hang your Christmas lights, but be careful doing it

Each year the weekend after Thanksgiving, I sense an innate urge to risk life, limb and public humiliation by festooning the exterior of our home with several hundred C9 incandescent lights. [I’m still resisting the whole LED craze– also known as “the Devil’s bulbs.”] My mild-mannered next-door neighbor and I always engage in an unspoken competition to see who can get their Christmas lights up first, but since I have the holiday sleeping habits of an inebriated grizzly bear in mid-hibernation, he consistently wins–after which he undoubtedly enjoys shouting, “Let me know if you need any help up there,” as I cling desperately to the shingles while those little granules clatter in the aluminum rain gutters –portending my likely doom. 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

History of pumpkin pie

History of pumpkin pie

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

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