There’s an adage about saving money that isn’t so popular these days, but it sure does ring true when it comes to curbing water use: just because you have it, doesn’t mean you need to spend it. Or just because you CAN, doesn’t mean you SHOULD. Groundwater — water beneath the earth’s surface in under...

Memorial Day puts things in perspective, tunes out political noise Veterans Day in November is a joyous occasion to celebrate those who served in the nation’s armed forces But Memorial Day “hits different,” as the saying goes. Even just pausing for a short ceremony or a few moments in reflection or ...

Humor is more serious than it used to be. We just don’t laugh as much as we once did, especially at ourselves. Of course, our collective funny bone didn’t go numb all at once. A series of events stripped away our ability to take a joke. The Beatles broke up. Watergate. Hondo Crouch died. Hondo made ...

T he American Red Cross was founded this month in 1881 and their invaluable work continues across the country today. In Washington, D.C., humanitarian...

‘Gold Standard’ As an election judge for the city election on May 3, I read the account of the election with interest and surprise. Interest because t...

Gov. Greg Abbott last week signed a $1 billion private school voucher bill into law in front of a large crowd at the Governor’s Mansion, the San Anton...