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Discussing the troubles with potential fourday school week

Discussing the troubles with potential fourday school week

As school districts across Texas are planning the 2023-24 school year, many are deciding to switch from a traditional five-day week to four days. 03/12/2023 05:00 AM

Does Saint Patrick's Day have a future?

Does Saint Patrick's Day have a future?

I am definitely a product of the great American melting pot, but on both sides of the family, a Scots-Irish ancestry is prominent. 03/12/2023 05:00 AM

Is AARP putting profits over the interests of its members?

Is AARP putting profits over the interests of its members?

Washington is full of groups that claim to represent the interests of the American people. Some have lots of members, which makes them formidable actors in the ongoing effort to craft public policy. 03/05/2023 05:00 AM

Corporate welfare policies

Corporate welfare policies

Thank you for the comprehensive news article published in the Record on March 2 about continuing tax incentives and rebates to corporations that are interested in relocating or expanding in Texas. Left out of the discussion is whether such corporate welfare is good public policy. Over two decades ago, Time magazine published a lengthy investigative report that demonstrated that such corporate welfare does little, if anything, for communities and school districts. Such corporations regularly fail to fully honor the agreements to hire new employees at good wages or invest in local communities at specified rates. 03/05/2023 05:00 AM

Earn this universe

Earn this universe

I was out in my front yard earlier this week, staring up at the night sky, and feeling impossibly humbled by the scale and the grandeur of the universe. 03/05/2023 05:00 AM

Challenging Gov. Abbott’s school voucher plans

Challenging Gov. Abbott’s school voucher plans

Dear Editor: I’ve been following the Texas school voucher story very closely and appreciate your front page piece about it in today’s (Feb. 24) San Marcos Daily Record. However, as enlightening as the article was, and despite everything else I’ve read about it, I’m still scratching my head, wondering just what problem Governor Greg Abbott’s proposed education savings accounts, or school vouchers, or whatever the latest buzz words attached to them, are intended to fix. 03/01/2023 12:00 AM

Chatgpt, don’t quit your day job

Chatgpt, don’t quit your day job

It’s at once amazing and troublesome. 03/01/2023 12:00 AM

Abbott creates state task force to address 'street takeovers' in Austin

Abbott creates state task force to address 'street takeovers' in Austin

Street takeover spurs governor’s action Gov. Greg Abbott has created a statewide task force after several “street takeovers” recently took place in Austin in which motorists obstructed intersections, shot off fireworks and drove recklessly. 02/28/2023 12:00 AM

VIEWERS SHOULD ASK, WHAT’S UP WITH DOCS?

VIEWERS SHOULD ASK, WHAT’S UP WITH DOCS?

When the Academy Awards are handed out March 12, one of Hollywood’s most confounding contradictions will be on display. The Oscar for Best Documentary will go to a film that few Americans have seen or even heard of. Yet, at the same time, streaming audiences are embracing documentaries in unprecedented numbers, creating a boom for the misunderstood genre. 02/26/2023 12:00 AM

Teen Drama, Teen Trauma

Teen Drama, Teen Trauma

The following article is part four of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about dating violence. February is Dating Violence Awareness month, and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. 1 in 3 young people will experience dating violence in their lifetime. 02/26/2023 12:00 AM

Consumer tirades

Consumer tirades

I just heard about a local business losing a major customer over a trivial misunderstanding. 02/26/2023 12:00 AM

Presidents’ Day is for baseball

Presidents’ Day is for baseball

U.S. presidents’ love affair with baseball dates back to George Washington, who wrote in his journal that during Valley Forge he “sometimes throws and catches a ball for hours with his aide-de-camp.” 02/22/2023 12:00 AM

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