I experienced a rich moment at our local H-E-B this past Friday evening shortly before closing. I can always pick one item that confounds the self-serve checkout system. Sure enough, it was a single peach that put the machine on tilt. A young staff member appeared at my shoulder and began debugging ...

The political cartoon on page D3 in the June 16 Standard sends the wrong message. In this cartoon, capitalism is portrayed as a car which is obviously totaled and destined for the junkyard. Message: Capitalism is bad, and, by implication, socialism is good. This is the liberal message that’s being p...

Our quest for affordable housing began in the early 2000s, when an employee survey conducted by Hill Country Memorial Hospital revealed that staff had difficulty finding acceptable housing at a reasonable price. Turned out the same was true for cops and teachers. Subsequently, the Economic Developme...

Deborah Hill Russell’s letter on recently passed HB1927 Constitutional Carry Bill was full of bad information. She stated that HB1927 allows guns to b...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged Texans to cut back on power usage last week when an unusually large number of power plants shut down f...

Seriously. Hasn’t the time come to dispense with shrill back-and-forth about who did what to whom among the political parties? Does anyone really beli...