My name is Marissa Cormier, and I was born and raised in Lovington, New Mexico. Following my graduation from University of the Southwest, my husband and I moved our family to the Houston area where I began my teaching career. I taught first grade at a Title I school for six years, then made the deci...

  Matthew Torres and Claire Hall are the top two graduates among the 51 at Harper High School who took part in commencement exercises on Friday night at the Harper Independent School District gymnasium. A packed house witnessed the exercises, which also included recognizing 27 of the seniors for tak...

  It’s the kind of meeting even people who hate meetings will attend. Invite everyone you know — and don’t know — and ask them to bring a favorite bottle of wine to share. No agenda, no minutes, nothing to vote on, and barely anyone who claims to be in charge. It’s called Wine Share, and it now happ...

When is enough enough? I’ve been trying to quantify the exponential futility of doing more. One easy way to visualize this is knot-tying. If the sole ...