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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

Editor, If you’re still thinking about New Year’s resolutions, you might consider something simple and close to home, plastic bags and water bottles. One afternoon during the holidays, I watched

Way back in 2017, before we were on the road to Nuremberg With Donald Trump, the Washington Post was outraged that hospitals were trying to make a profit. Like most

“I alone can fix it.” That’s what the current occupant of the Oval Office told cheering delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention. He pointed to “war and destruction abroad”

The liberal media are up to their usual dirty immigration tricks. This time, they’re exploiting the death of a second Guatemalan child who died while in the custody of the

Here we are, after a tumultuous year, poised on the precipice of 2019. We can’t turn around, we have no choice but to go over. What direction we swim in

Did my ears deceive me? Did I actually hear Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republicans and one of Trump’s infamous abetters, actually warn us that the president is a clear and

Donald Trump and global warming. Not what you would call your match made in heaven. Rather, the pairing harkens closer to the other location. That hotter destination often described as

Sentimental fool that I am, a recent change in my son’s extracurricular activities was like an early Christmas gift. Gideon has joined the staff of his school’s newly launched (online)

To the San Marcos Lions Club, It is hard to believe that 2018-2019 begins my third year as Superintendent in San Marcos CISD. As I reflect on the tremendous amount

In the days following George H. W. Bush’s death, it was impossible to ignore the mood that settled over much of the country: a yearning for the civility, dignity and

Merry debt-fueled Christmas, America! According to a recent NerdWallet study, nearly 40 million Americans are still struggling to pay off credit-card debts from last Christmas. Here’s what’s worse: NerdWallet finds

As Christmas approaches and homes are festooned with twinkling lights, decorated trees, and culturally inaccurate Nativity sets populated by what appear to be Scandinavian fashion models, my thoughts always turn