Names of luminaries met at intersections along our pathway keep popping up as corner posts in life’s fence row.
They are not remembered as being Republican or Democrat, rural or urban, liberal or conservative. Each, however, has two characteristics in common -- notable public service and unquestioned Christian commitment.
Marriage can be a complicated thing. After being in ministry for over a decade, I have seen my fair share of rough marriages. In my experience, ongoing marital tensions often exist because of an unwillingness to communicate or forgive one another.
For some reason, most people go into a marriage believing their spouse will make them whole or complete. Then, suddenly, the human condition appears. Surprise! Everyone has problems, and the spouse is exposed to those problems at a level that no other human will ever see. For better or worse… right?
Clutching a suitcase in one hand and a satchel full of cash in the other on Oct. 15, 1878, Mifflin Kenedy caught the train for Dodge City where his son Spike was charged with the murder of a popular female entertainer.
As the owner of the Laureles Ranch near Corpus Christi, the Pennsylvania Quaker and former sea captain had money to burn and had already spent a chunk of his fortune buying Spike’s freedom. But the young hell-raiser’s past escapades could not compare to the world of trouble he had gotten himself into in the Kansas cowtown.
Americans’ right to speak their minds is considered sacred, which is why we must fight to protect the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Citizens Participation Act. Both measures were carefully written with protection of the individual — the “little guy” — in mind. They’re designed to give a David a fighting chance if he finds himself in a legal duel with a Goliath.
The Dallas Texans, first pro football team in the Southwest, proved their season opening defeat was no fluke by losing 37-14 to the San Francisco 49’ers on Oct. 5, 1952.
Seventy-two years ago, the National Football League did not remotely resemble the sports spectacle of today. No Monday Night Football, no Super Bowl and no fat contracts for gridiron gladiators who risked crippling injury every Sunday.
Jiminy Cricket! I never dreamed I’d be writing about an insect popularized by Pinocchio, or that this week’s piece may warrant bottom-of-the-barrel placement.
I may have reached a new low, what with insects in the spotlight.
Late author Carlo Lorenzini got by with it with his ever-popular fairy tale novel involving a wooden-figured boy whose nose lengthened with each telling of a falsehood…
Growing up in the 1980s in North Texas meant limited television access. We weren’t fortunate enough to have a large antenna on our house, so I got to play the rabbit ear game with my older brothers (the aged reader will understand).
On a great day, we could pick up about eight channels. This limited my television to only a few shows during the day. Often, I could watch the same episode at least three times in one summer break from school.
The month-long court-martial at Fort Sam Houston ended on the evening of Sept. 30, 1954. The fate of the lowly corporal accused of collaborating with his communist captors was in the hands of eight high ranking officers.
Six years earlier at the tender age of 16, Claude Batchelor left his Kermit, Texas home and enlisted in the Army. Assigned to occupation duty in post-war Japan, he met and soon married a 19 year old cabaret dancer named Kyoko.
The arrival of the football-playing Coleman triplets at the University of Texas in Austin for 2025’s fall semester may break several records before they even meet BEVO, the Longhorns’ beloved mascot.
When have three guys weighing a half-ton ever played as teammates in any collegiate sport, anywhere?
This week in history displays a milestone in the development of Western culture. Babe Ruth played his last game in Yankee Stadium (as a Yankee) on Sept. 24, 1934. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862. And this week in 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa took his first look at the Pacific Ocean and said, “Peace.”
