On Being Vegan

Renae Brumbaugh -- Coffee Talk --   I have become a vegan. At least for this week, I’m a vegan. And I think I like veganhood.   You can stop laughing now. No, seriously. I wasn’t trying to be funny.   Okay. You done?

The Battle for the Soul of the Right

Rich Lowry -- Column --   At the moment, the Republican establishment is relevant to the presidential-nomination battle only as an epithet.

TxDOT awaits go-ahead signal for gridlock-reducing projects

Ed Sterling -Capital Highlights-   The Texas Department of Transportation on Jan. 27 reported that on average, Texas drivers in five of the state’s largest metropolitan areas lose about 52 hours and $1,200 annually due to traffic congestion.

Confessions of an ignorant voter

Lynette Sowell -My front porch-   Pull up a chair on my porch and hear my confession: I’m not the same voter I was five years ago.   I was a run-of-the-mill, garden-variety, busy-wife-mom-and- career-woman voter.

Accepting myself

Renae Brumbaugh - Coffee Talk -   I recently received an invitation to connect with someone on LinkedIn. In case you don’t know, LinkedIn is an online professional network. Someone described it as a cyber-Rolodex.

The great humiliation

Rich Lowry - Column -   The Obama administration was right when it insisted that the capture and release of 10 American sailors by Iran showed the benefits of a cooperative relationship with Tehran.

Governor meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu

Ed Sterling Capital Highlights   Gov. Greg Abbott on Jan. 18 met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a business development tour in Israel.

Just a touch-up?

Lynette Sowell My front porch   For years Des Moines, Iowa had the distinction of being considered by some to be America’s dullest city. Nobody was saying, “Woo, I want to hang out in Des Moines, how exciting.

Quest

Renae Brumbaugh Coffee Talk   I have an annoying habit of losing things, and it takes me a while to find them again. Maybe I’m just old. Or too distracted. Or a scatterbrain. Whatever the reason, I don’t like it. Not one bit.

Ted Cruz Is Nixon, Not Goldwater

Rich Lowry Column   The lazy conventional wisdom is that Ted Cruz is the new Barry Goldwater, doomed to suffer an electoral landslide defeat should he win the Republican nomination.