Reckless Muse There are many articles published around this time of year about gift giving. What I need help with and don’t read a lot about is gift receiving during the holidays. For instance, what’s the man I live with supposed to say when my mother gives him a hooded sweatshirt for the fourth yea...

Even if the Texas Longhorns lost to the Oklahoma Sooners (aka the best Texans money can buy) in the Red River Rivalry (Shootout? Controversy? Altercation?) and played like milkmaids while eking out a tie with Baylor, I considered it a banner year if the Longhorns thrashed the Aggies on Turkey Day. O...

National prayer A prayer for our country: “If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” — Mark 3:25 No truer words were ever spoken at any time in the history of mankind. Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such rancor at all levels, from all sides. Whomever emerges victorious i...

State student deficit Since its inception in 2018, the Fredericksburg ISD Education Foundation has been working to help the FISD teachers and students...

(Editors note: This column, originally published in 2021, is run again in hopes of examining our use of social media.) My dearest Clara, Darkness has ...

Texans who wish to vote early in the Nov. 5 general election have until closing time Friday, Nov. 1 to do so. Secretary of State Jane Nelson is encour...