Champion of chess A great big “thank you” goes out to the fine folks at Java Ranch Coffee for initiating a friendly chess tournament on Monday past. Local chess players made lots of new friends while enjoying the warm hospitality of Java Ranch. Great idea, good attendance, convivial atmosphere and t...

Fifteen years later, Citizens United has damaged democracy O ver the past 15 years, the U.S. public has been sold a bill of goods — namely, that money is speech and that political donations are a cornerstone of the First Amendment. This marks a decade and a half of letting the wealthy donate without...

More realism, big-picture thinking needed to reform a obviously broken system With rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rounding up people all over the state — there is no truth to the rumors that have circulated here — more thought is needed in today’s immigration debate. Ther...

While some may still not like the pace at which Gillespie County has developed, we’re grateful one developer regrouped to do the right thing with its ...

Vouchers seem inevitable, but care needed students, teachers in public schools With large majorities in both the Texas House and Senate, school vouche...

Guest column Last month, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told a group of independent school district superintendents, “We’re not underfunding you in our view...