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Reminders of what matters in 2020
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Reminders of what matters in 2020
News Staff 
March 17, 2020
The start of the New Year has been nothing short of overwhelming, exciting and even a little uncertain. And we are only halfway through March. Despite growing concerns and fears over the coronavirus, a word I think I see, hear and read more than 400 times a day, there has been so much good 2020 has ...
Open hearts best way to combat Black Swan
Commentary
Open hearts best way to combat Black Swan
News Staff 
March 17, 2020
High profile. Hard to predict. Rare. Those are the traits of a Black Swan event. And that is what we are living through presently with the threat of COVID-19. Social media seems to fuel the fires of second-guessing local decision makers. But let’s cut them some slack. There is no training for global...
Statewide disaster declaration issued
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Statewide disaster declaration issued
News Staff 
March 17, 2020
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on March 13 declared a state of disaster in all Texas counties and listed actions agencies are taking to contain and minimize the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, a contagious flu-like respiratory disease. Abbott said agency actions would include: • Provide immedia...
Timeless wisdom of C.S. Lewis
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Timeless wisdom of C.S. Lewis
News Staff 
March 17, 2020
The following from C.S. Lewis, the late British writer and lay theologian, has been making the rounds in the wake of the latest global pandemic. It wa...
Austin once home to Civil War foundry
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Austin once home to Civil War foundry
News Staff 
March 17, 2020
A century and a half before anyone would think of producing a “Keep Austin Weird” bumper sticker, voters in the capital city did not always model the ...
LOOKING BACK AT … Deer hunting with JFK and LBJ
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LOOKING BACK AT … Deer hunting with JFK and LBJ
News Staff 
March 17, 2020
It seemed only natural that a visit to Gillespie County by the guy about to become the most powerful man in the free world coincided with the opening ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
News Staff 
March 10, 2020
Better solution Being a frequent traveler on U.S. 290 West, I see very few big rigs on that highway. This route connects Austin with I-10, which is no...
A fast-thinking fisherman
Commentary
A fast-thinking fisherman
News Staff 
March 10, 2020
E xcept during a feeding frenzy when they’re willing to eat just about anything, fish must be outsmarted to be caught. When they aren’t biting, an ang...
The basics tenets of open government
Commentary
The basics tenets of open government
News Staff 
March 10, 2020
Whatever our political views, certainly we can agree we have the right to know how local government in Texas is conducting business. How are taxpayer ...
We can all take steps to mitigate virus harm
Commentary
We can all take steps to mitigate virus harm
News Staff 
March 10, 2020
It’s amazing how quickly things have changed within a week. After feeling this coronavirus threat would simply blow over, and was perhaps blown up by ...
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