Plum jellified

Renae Brumbaugh -- Coffee Talk --   We are now in season two of Survivor: City Girl in the Country edition. So far we’ve dealt with chickens, ducks, rabid squirrels, snakes, a garden, and dozens of unmarked dirt roads.

Blowing smoke on e-cigarettes

Rich Lowry -- Column --   Down through all the millennia that mankind has smoked tobacco, no one would have believed (or even imagined) that a battery-powered contraption with no tobacco would one day be considered a tobacco product.

High court rules school finance method is constitutional

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   The current method devised by the Texas Legislature in 2011 to fund public education does not violate the state constitution, the Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled May 13.

The “P” word

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   The P word was used a lot at Saturday’s Rabbit Fest Pageant. P stands for platform, and platform has come to have a different meaning in recent years.

Falsely accused

Renae Brumbaugh -- Coffee Talk --   We’ve lost some more ducks. It was bound to happen; we’re on top of a hill, and even though we’ve tried to make sure they have plenty of cover, there’s an abundance of hawks and owls and other critters that enjoy a nice duck dinner.

Anti-Trump protesters do his bidding

Rich Lowry -- Column --   Donald Trump is lucky in his enemies.   Every time leftist protesters disrupt one of his events or stage a riot outside, he benefits. They aren’t on the Trump payroll, but they might as well be.

Cruz ends campaign, Perry endorses Trump for president

By Ed Sterling     U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suspended his presidential campaign May 3 after losing Indiana’s GOP presidential primary to frontrunner Donald Trump of New York.

Power to the people

By Lynette Sowell   The voters of Austin have spoken.

What Not to Wear

Renae Brumbaugh -- Coffee Talk --   I am a big fan of education. I love learning, in every shape, form, and fashion. And as a proponent of education, I have become addicted to The Learning Channel.   Well actually, to one particular show on The Learning Channel.

What’s in Your Wallet?

Rich Lowry -- Column --   Harriet Tubman was literally a freedom fighter. The “Moses” of the Underground Railroad liberated herself and dozens of others from slavery over the years in a biopic-worthy life of bravery and idealism.