German pride laid low for much of the 20th century. Celebrating anything German raised eyebrows during WWI and WWII. Then attitudes began to soften. By the 1950s, Fredericksburg was more than ready to unfurl the Willkommen banner, tap a keg, fry a Schnitzel, organize a festival and crank up the “Bee...

The first debate in the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate is set for Jan. 24 in Georgetown, The Dallas Morning News reported. U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas and state Rep. James Talarico of Round Rock are vying for the nomination. The seat is now held by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who fac...

Stormy weather and tempers on our cross-country drive Many readers learned about our family trip to New York City to drop off our oldest to attend school at UT-New York from another columnist. This person waxed eloquent about the wonders and good times our family had in the most diverse city in the ...

Texas Type I’m writing this dispatch from the Fredericksburg Standard’s New York office (a Double Tree Hotel lounge near La Guardia Airport). We took ...

Texas weather may be unpredictable, but support for Gillespie County’s youth over the years has been anything but unpredictable. Old Man Winter may be...

T oday’s political landscape feels like an increasingly physical game of tug of war. Both Republicans and Democrats are pulling hard on their sides, n...