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The attempt to murder Republican congressmen and senators as they were practicing their baseball skills the day before their annual game with their Democratic counterparts may not have been predictable. Attempts to lay blame and […]
Grudges and grievances can last a long time. Just two weeks ago someone decided to rehash the 2014 city council election with me. He told me I was arrogant, dishonest, and deserving of defeat because […]
A few weeks ago I wrote that the Erath County Appraisal District and its counterparts throughout the state were raising property valuations, meaning that taxpayers will have to pay more in property taxes unless they […]
The public debate over what to do about monuments to Confederate political and military leaders continues unabated. Last week I offered my own contribution, writing they should remain to challenge us to come to grips […]
STEPHENVILLE (May 25, 2017( – Tarleton’s Casey Wild has been named first-team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association, the committee announced on Wednesday. It’s the first time in Wild’s career that she has been named […]
Two years ago a white racist monster murdered nine African Americans attending a church service. The revelation that he collected flags and other memorabilia of the Confederacy helped launch a national debate over what to […]
In Erath County and throughout Texas county appraisal districts are sending out property appraisal notices. Many recipients are upset because they’re being told that their appraised property values are going up. They believe that this […]
Nobody should be too surprised at the outcome of the election, wherein all incumbents, including three of the four members of the self-proclaimed “Conservative” team, “won” re-election. I capitalize and put “Conservative” in quotation marks […]
Early voting for the May 6 city election has already begun. But for those who have not yet cast a ballot, I urge you to vote to re-elect Sherry Zachery to the Stephenville City Council. […]
“I like paying taxes,” said Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “With them I buy civilization.” I was thinking of that statement when working on my own income taxes the night before Tax Day. […]
