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Responding to local victims of abuse
Responding to local victims of abuse
12/29/2020 02:58 PM
Three things that kept me sane in 2020
Three things that kept me sane in 2020
The end of this sad, strange, historic and transformative year is almost upon us. And like a lot of you, I found myself burrowing into ritual, structure, and obligatory loaves of sourdough to fill up those hours of social isolation thrust upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic. 12/27/2020 05:00 AM
Is profanity in the ear of the beholder?
Is profanity in the ear of the beholder?
In case you (expletives deleted) missed the marketing campaign, on January 5 the noble public servants at Netflix will launch a six-episode series, “History of Swear Words,” hosted by actor Nicholas Cage. 12/27/2020 05:00 AM
Analysis: Some Texas officials would love to redirect your attention
Analysis: Some Texas officials would love to redirect your attention
A surprising number of political reputations would collapse without the benefit of our short attention spans and vulnerability to distraction. 12/20/2020 05:00 AM
All I want for Christmas is the new vaccine!
All I want for Christmas is the new vaccine!
Now that we are well into the month of December, my three teenage daughters have provided me with their extensive Christmas lists — both electronic and hard copies — in triplicate. Full of the typical objects of adolescent desires like designer clothing, electronics, jewelry, and luxury vehicles, their lists read like the inventory of Elon Musk’s next yard sale. 12/20/2020 05:00 AM
Analysis: Ken Paxton, Texas’ top lawyer, plays for an audience of one
Analysis: Ken Paxton, Texas’ top lawyer, plays for an audience of one
Texans are learning that the state’s attorney general isn’t a very good lawyer. 12/13/2020 05:00 AM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Editor, 12/13/2020 05:00 AM
What are you doing for Beethoven’s 250th birthday?
What are you doing for Beethoven’s 250th birthday?
I must confess that I haven’t attended a symphony orchestra performance since a long-ago elementary school field trip. 12/13/2020 05:00 AM
Lloyd Doggett
Open Enrollment soon to close: Don’t wait to get covered today
With the virus surging, now is especially not the time to be without health insurance. Open Enrollment is the short period during which you can enroll in health insurance, choose your plan, or switch to a better plan. Open Enrollment is underway right now, but you have only until Dec. 15 to sign up. Make the top priority on your holiday shopping list buying yourself and your loved ones health security. 12/06/2020 05:00 AM
Analysis: Leading by (bad) example
Analysis: Leading by (bad) example
Hypocrisy can be embarrassing — and also politically disabling. Austin Mayor Steve Adler got a dose of that nasty medicine this week, when Tony Plohetski — a reporter for KVUE-TV and the Austin American-Statesman — revealed that the mayor was in Cabo San Lucas when he took to Facebook in early November to send a stay-at-home message to his constituents. 12/06/2020 05:00 AM
Analysis: Muted holidays in Texas, as pandemic threatens and vaccines raise hopes
Analysis: Muted holidays in Texas, as pandemic threatens and vaccines raise hopes
That moment when the idea that the pandemic would be vanquished well before the holidays was replaced, somewhere along the way, by the thought that this “new normal” would be the norm for a long, long time. 11/29/2020 05:00 AM
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Jane Hughson, our current San Marcos mayor, deserves to be reelected for another term. She has served our community well with intelligence and dignity and attention to detail — a combination that is desirable but too often rare. 11/29/2020 05:00 AM
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