Texanthropists

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   We get all kinds of emails here at the office and one hit the inbox last week from the Governor’s office. It talked about the Texanthropyinitiative that Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott has launched.   She has a website dedicated to it (gov.texas.

Court relaxes Texas voter ID law in time for fall election

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   Voters will have more options when presenting personal identification at the polls for the November 8 general election, Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos announced last week.   Pursuant to an Aug.

Cleopatra was ugly

Renae Brumbaugh Green -- Coffee Talk --   Experts at Newcastle University have studied a coin from 32 B.C., which on one side bears the image of Cleopatra, and on the other side, Marc Antony. These experts weren’t studying the coins for any real historical significance.

Trump vs. the Khans

Rich Lowry -- Column --   Donald Trump got sound advice the other day. At a rally at Davenport, Iowa, he told the crowd that a prominent supporter had called and urged him not to sweat all the attacks at the Democratic National Convention.

Return on investment

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   Most authors I know have a like-dislike relationship with marketing events like book signings. Authors like to meet readers, and sign and sell a lot of books.

Parties to campus-carry lawsuit to return to court

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   Three University of Texas professors are seeking a temporary injunction “to at least retain the option of maintaining their academic classrooms as gun-free zones when classes start again.

The Linebacker’s New Clothes

Renae Brumbaugh Green -- Coffee Talk --   The man-child is now a high school freshman, which doesn’t seem possible since, in my mind, he’s still four. But school records and the fact that he now towers over me both indicate that yes, he’s growing up.

Hillary’s Never-Ending Reintroductions

Rich Lowry -- Column --   If only we could get to know the real Hillary Clinton.   Unveiling the Hillary we supposedly don’t know has been the perpetual, elusive goal of Clinton’s handlers for decades, with the Democratic convention in Philadelphia the latest stab at it.

Money talk

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   Some might think that the focus of our city’s spending and economic efforts have been a bit off-balance in recent years.

State rolls out revised women’s health program

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   A women’s health program is in effect and ready to deliver more care to more women statewide who are 15 to 44 years old and whose income is up to 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines.   Sen.