A person can tell if something doesn’t pass the smell test by imagining a proposal is being done by “the other side” in our proverbial political games. If it doesn’t smell fair when “they” do it, chances are it’s unfair when “we” do it, as well. Such is the case with the current redistricting effort...

E ating dinner is like playing golf or drinking wine. You can do it alone, but it’s a lot more fun with other people. And the communal nature of food is revealing. The kind of food we eat, how we eat it, where we eat it and who we eat it with tells a lot about history and culture. Before the 20th ce...

Flasher signals A troubling trend has developed among Texas drivers — driving with emergency flashers on, particularly in the rain. I can’t figure out how or why someone thought this was a good idea. It’s a very bad idea for a number of reasons. Emergency flashers are intended to call attention to a...

Like so many, I was jolted awake by thunder, lightning and torrential rainfall in the pre-dawn hours of July 4. A quick scan of color weather radar co...

Gov. Greg Abbott said late last week that the statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country stands at 135, and the number of...

T exas women voted for the first time on July 27, 1918 — 107 years ago. This was before ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitut...