Challenges to democracy all around as crackdowns persist on free expression When a regular citizen walks into a news organization and asks that a letter to the editor not be published due to fear of the heated political climate, there is something wrong. People are self-censoring right here in Texas...

D uring the final week of Hunger Action Month, the public learned the Trump administration announced its decision to scrap the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security Report. “These redundant, costly, politicized and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger,” according to...

Council member Tony Klein’s thoughtful dissent in the 4-1 vote for a conditional use permit, as reported in the Standard, should reflect valid concerns about the $35-million expenditure on a Wellness Center expansion. Perhaps this is because Tony may be the only council member who has dedicated coun...

Central Texas Food Bank to study challenges here in rural Texas Gillespie County is awash in rattlesnakes and alligators, metaphorically speaking. It’...

Hindsights Sportswriters in the 1930s called basketball player Ad Dietzel the “Empire State Building of the Southwest Conference.” International journ...

Book sale thanks This past Saturday, the Friends of the Pioneer Memorial Library annual book sale returned to its original site on the lawn at the lib...