Soldiering on

Lynette Sowell   I see you sitting over there in the corner, drinking your morning coffee and waiting for your breakfast to arrive at the table.   You’re old, old as my dad, or maybe a little older. Since when do soldiers get old? But, you do.

Overwhelmed

Renae Brumbaugh Green   During the course of my lifetime, I’ve developed an extremely effective approach to dealing with stress. I use this any time I feel overcome. It’s particularly effective when it seems I have more to do than I could possibly accomplish in three lifetimes.

Trump is his own worst enemy

Rich Lowry   Hillary Clinton may be the first candidate in American history to win a contest of personalities without having one.

I saw you, Mystery Man

Lynette Sowell   On Saturday morning as I was heading out of town to meet up with friends in Harker Heights, I glimpsed a man walking along the grass across the highway from Walmart.   He was wearing a golfing cap and carrying some grabbers to pick up trash.

Officals urge state’s high court not to expand same-sex marriage ruling

Ed Sterling   Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Texas Supreme Court over issues they say were not addressed in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case declaring same-sex marriage a fundamental right.

Trick or Trick

Renae Brumbaugh Green   It’s quite appropriate that Election Day comes a short time after Halloween . . . especially this year. I voted early, and as I came out of the booth the other day, I couldn’t help but think I’d been tricked, not treated.

Clinton’s insincere, arrogant campaign

Rich Lowry   The website PolitiFact jumped all over Rudy Giuliani earlier this year when he said, “Hillary Clinton is for open borders.”   It spent about 700 words sifting through the evidence, and ended up rating the former New York City mayor’s claim “false.

Judge reaffirms, expands reach of injunction against bathroom directive

Ed Sterling   Fort Worth-based U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor has reaffirmed his Aug. 21 injunction placing a temporary hold on federal guidelines for accommodating transgender students in the use of public school bathrooms and locker rooms.

Pardon me, our undervotes are showing

Lynette Sowell   I’ve published this piece before, but with the start of early voting I thought it was worth sharing again. One of the biggest privileges and rights we have in our country is the right to vote, no matter our gender or race.

Finding joy again after cancer

by Jen Reynolds   Finding a routine and learning what your new normal is post cancer can be a very challenging task. Accepting that we are not the same as we were pre-cancer can sometimes be hard enough in itself. Some of us go through a form of grieving as we mourn the lost of who we once we.