Those of us from the baby boom generation are now in our 60s and 70s. We are now strangers in an America that continues to get stranger. We believed in the American dream, paid taxes and obeyed the law. We married raised families and some of us fought in wars to keep us free. Living in “Joe’s Americ...

The City of Fredericksburg has shown respect and support for our local artists by permitting them (Fredericksburg Art Guild) to continue to use their longtime residence on East Austin Street. How proud we can be of a city government that encourages and enables its own citizens in their talents and e...

On the Fourth of July, our county had its annual parade with floats and horses and all the things you expect to see. But this year was different. The “Come and Take It” group decided they had to have a banner the size of a billboard on its float. For me and many of my friends, we found this to be ex...

With the much discussed and publicized mass shootings that have occurred recently, there is a renewed call for our legislators and citizenry to have “...

What does it mean for the Texas Hill Country, specifically Gillespie County, to be in “Exceptional Drought?” First, look down. The soil has become dry...

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its 2021 population estimates, and the Texas Demographic Center has crunched the numbers and found: • Texas is gro...