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Dear Editor: Isn’t it amazing that Central Texas has a claim to fame already thanks to a vote from new U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, who represents a part of Hays

Editor, In his recent letter to the editor (Sunday, January 20th), Dick McBride stated that there was “no guarantee” humans will survive the devastation being caused by climate change/ global

Dear fellow San Marcos residents, Attention San Marcos Rattler parents, who would like their children to grow up and, find good paying jobs and stay in San Marcos? The San

Editor, The S.M.C.I.S.D. board of trustees met on Jan. 22 and on the agenda was a bond proposal for a new administration building. The proposal was tabled so that the

William Barr is relatively qualified, especially for a Trump nominee. In fact, he held the office he has been nominated for, attorney general, under President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993.

Last week, shaving-supply company Gillette released a controversial ad reminding guys of their “toxic masculinity,” a phrase that has popped up to describe the supposed hazards of typically male be

Threats to withhold federal emergency relief funds to aid victims of the forest fires that recently ravaged California offer further evidence that Donald J. Trump knows how to harbor a

No matter where you look, you can’t escape it. “Government Shutdown - Day 27...” “Government Shutdown - Day 28...” The partial government shutdown - and who’s to blame for it,

Editor, Do You Believe it Now? “We are the first generation to feel the effects of serious climate change and could be the last generation to do anything about it.”

I might buy a gun.

I’d need a permit. And lessons on how to shoot, a place to keep it safe, and a way to overcome the fear that I’d shoot myself.

Editor,

We’ll celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and legacy next week.

It’s time to brush up on your knowledge of speakeasies, bathtub gin, demon rum, homebrew, bootlegging and other icons of the Roaring Twenties. January 16 marks the 100th anniversary of

If you passed Max Acuna on the street or on your way to work, or any one of those hundreds of places where people cross paths every day, you wouldn’t

Editor, There’s an existing U.S. Federal criminal Statute titled “Fruits from The Poisonous Tree” which states that if the fruits are poisonous, it logically and legally follows that the tree

Is technology innovation doing us more harm than good? My family offers proof that it is.

My parents recently got Amazon’s supposedly “intelligent” personal assistant, Alexa. 

In 2019 I resolve to cutback on bingeing. Not at the dinner table —although that would be wise — but at the TV. 

Editor, Recently in the news the Supreme Court declined to hear two cases to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. Although these cases did not involve abortion, Planned Parenthood does