‘Gold Standard’ As an election judge for the city election on May 3, I read the account of the election with interest and surprise. Interest because the candidate results were reported accurately, surprise because again the unfounded attack on hand counting. The hand counting was completed at 8:45 p...

Gov. Greg Abbott last week signed a $1 billion private school voucher bill into law in front of a large crowd at the Governor’s Mansion, the San Antonio Express-News and other media outlets reported. Abbott called the new law the biggest legislative win of his time in the governor’s office and toute...

Guest column For the second year in a row, Cindy had a short business trip to Austin in May. Also for the second year in a row, we tacked on a few days after it was over for a short vacation in the Lone Star State. How was Austin, you ask? Don’t, because we spent the extra days in Fredericksburg, no...

H appy Mother’s Day (May 11, 2025) to all the “mean moms” out there. The late Erma Bombeck’s words from her column “A Mother’s Love” written in the 19...

Reckless Muse For those fathers who have yet to purchase a Mother’s Day gift on behalf of their children for the woman in their lives, I would like to...

A Texas House bill would eliminate the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test and replace it with a test comparing students’ performance...