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Do you care about the killing of cats and dogs at the San Marcos/Hays County regional animal shelter?  As a lifelong advocate for voiceless animals, a rescuer, shelter volunteer, foster

August 1 will mark Earth Overshoot Day, the day that worldwide humanity will, in only seven months, have taken more resources from the Earth than can be replenished within a single year.

The pollsters at Pew recently reported that 68 percent of Americans are suffering from news exhaustion, and that jibes with what I witness on an anecdotal basis.

Give Lindsey Hill plan a chance Editor, Returning home from a trip with my mother, I read in the Daily Record about the Lindsey Hill Project community meeting at the

New research from the University of Notre Dame shows the loss of city newspapers affects more than those nostalgic for print — it also leads to poorly run government and

The Safe Students Act or H.R. 34 is a bill introduced to the 115th Congress by Kentucky State Representative Thomas Massie on January 5, 2017. Will this bill be the

Editor,

In as troubling an immigration story as anyone will read this summer, between December 2017 and April 2018, U.S.

Question 1: “Do you believe that the media purposely tries to divide Republicans in order to help elect Democrats?”

Question 2: When did you stop beating your wife? 

A few weeks ago I wrote a somewhat Pollyanna column expressing hope that President Trump would have a fruitful meeting with Kim Jong-un and lead the way to a somewhat

There’s no softer or more polite way to say it: President Trump groveled before Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. His display — and the conduct of his administration in the

Yes, President Trump screwed up in front of the whole world at the Helsinki Summit. But Democrats and the anti-Trump media have a much more serious long-term problem — they’re

When I was seven, I took a walk around my new neighborhood in Havertown. Back in 1969, kids could do that, and expect to circle back safely to our front steps.

The Washington Post recently published a column titled “Why do we need more people in this country anyway?” which is making an internet splash among stable population and true environmental advocat

As a responsible pet owner, I’m usually exasperated by the human race at this point every summer. I have to endure listening to the media remind knuckleheads that animals DO

There aren’t many people who would argue that Congress is working well these days. It’s been 24 years since it passed a comprehensive budget without resorting to omnibus bills. It

Dear Editor, The controversy just won’t die. The sports reporters won’t let it die. The team owners won’t let it die. Even Donald Trump gets into the act regularly. The

Editor, Mr. Stallones’  letter on the opinion page last Sunday was informative about some of the positive aspects and actions of the NRA. However, he failed to answer some very