Because I feel so strongly about a recent post I read by Emily Frankel on her terrific blog, Em’s Talkery, I want to share the link and just a bit of what she wrote. Her topic was displaced people. Twelve year-old Atahurahman, crammed in a boat for 3½ months with 400 people, had to sit […]
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Before we get into my commentary, I thought I would share a picture of my dog. It has been unbearably hot here in Texas for several weeks, and I am always amazed at Poppy’s fortitude. She is willing to chase the ball no matter how high the temperature is. If I want to stop, she
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There has been quite a controversy over the death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail, where she was taken after a traffic stop in Waller County. The dash cam video has gone viral, and it is clear that what should have been a routine stop, escalated out of control quickly, in part because of
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That said, I wanted to alert you to the fact that a revised Monsanto Protection Act bill sponsored by Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo, would not only prevent states from enacting their own GMO labeling laws, but it would go even further by nullifying all existing restrictions on GMO crops already on the books. This bill
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I read in the newspaper that the Texas Department of Transportation recently gave workers a raise. I thought that was quite nice until I noted that the top tier of managers got up to a 17% raise, while those in the trenches only got a small raise. Just another example of those who do the
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I hope you enjoy another guest post from Slim Randles. He has quite a way with humor and can even wax eloquently at times. Essays like this, as well as his humor can be found in his book, Home Country, which is a a collection of his weekly syndicated column of the same name. Slim
All the flap about the Confederate Flag and other symbols of the time in our history that condoned slavery, makes me wonder just how far are we going to go to the extreme in dodging sensitivity. That era was not one of our more honorable ones. Neither was the time that we pushed the Native
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In the wake of the tragedy that took place in Charleston last week, journalistic and social media sites have been barraged with comments about what to do. Prominent in the shouting has been support for open-carry, while opponents point out all the dangers of having people walking around with guns. I don’t know the answer.
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What’s trending in the news this week is pretty disgusting, so full of hatred with folks spewing venom like lava from Mt. St. Helen. This from a pastor in Arizona about Caitlyn Jenner, “Listen to me, I hate him with a perfect hatred. I have no love for this Bruce freak. I hope he dies
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According to a couple of articles I read in The Dallas Morning News this week, we have been approaching the problem of obesity the wrong way, especially here in the U.S. The dramatic rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes in children and adults has most recently been tied to our sedentary lifestyle. So the
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