D.C. budget panic Why is it that there is always panic in D.C. as politicians try to pass a monumental budget in the last few days before the recess? The typical budget is well over a thousand pages long and no one has the time to read it all. Obviously, since this happens repeatedly, it is by desig...

Texas Type When the wild west calls, one answers. We made a quick, pre-Christmas trip to the most isolated spot in Texas — where coyotes perhaps outnumber people — and kicked back to watch the stars over Terlingua and the Big Bend National Park. Wow. As people who don’t often take the breaks they ne...

There is always a lull at the end of the year between the holidays and Jan. 1. This year, it seems even more pronounced as Thanksgiving was later, then the Christmas activities rush began and only just let up. For us at the press, we’ve had the strangest schedules, having to print our paper on Frida...

It’s hard to believe it’s ready time to turn the page on the calendar to a new year. Where did the past year go? It seemed like just last week that th...

Praise for response On November 17, I took a spill on my e-bike in Ladybird Johnson Municipal Park. Several Fredericksburg residents quickly came to m...

Abaseball smeared with a slick substance does some amazing aerobatics on its way to the plate. It dips, dives and flutters through the air like a feat...