A thousand words

By Lynette Sowell   I don’t know about you, but I like to know how things work behind the scenes. I’m not sure why that is.

The Grinch

By Renae Brumbaugh   Last night, my family and I went to “Christmas on the Square” in our small town. There was hot cocoa. There was a Texas snowball fight, with something that resembled snow. There was a horse-drawn carriage, a hayride, a petting zoo, and several Santas.

They Hate What We Hold Dear

By Rich Lowry   The Paris attacks have occasioned a wide-ranging debate about what they mean and how to respond, involving Islam and its role, military strategy and, oddly enough, how Muslims in New Jersey reacted to Sept. 11 (thanks, Donald Trump).

Paxton amends approach to resettlement of refugees

By Ed Sterling Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Dec. 4 withdrew his request for a temporary restraining order to put a hold on the federal government’s plan to relocate Syrian refugee families in Texas.

275 powerful votes

By Lynette Sowell The City of Copperas Cove has traditionally had low voting numbers in many of its elections. While this is a sad, sad tradition to maintain, it has also continued during this runoff election.

Friends with pencils

By Renae Brumbaugh The following is a true conversation with the boy-child, in the car yesterday:   Boy-child: I need a pencil. Do you have one?   Me: No. Don’t you have one in your backpack?   Boy-child: No.   Me: Where is your pencil box?   Boy-child: I dunno . .

Obama’s sanctimony on Syrian Refugees

By Rich Lowry President Barack Obama has seen the enemy, and it is the refusal to accept more Syrian refugees.   From the tone of his post-Paris remarks, you’d think that a sophisticated terrorist assault on a major Western city is a setback; sentiment in the U.S.

15 disaster-stricken counties to receive federal aid

By Ed Sterling President Barack Obama on Nov. 25 ordered federal disaster aid to supplement Texas state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding during the period of Oct. 22-31.

Football injuries caused Mother to slam door in my face

By Willis Webb While the high school football experience is a necessary journey for those of us who suffer from the mano-a-mano challenge and I didn’t urge my sons to play the game (nor discourage), I managed to suffer enough injuries to make one question my intelligence and/or judgment.

After Paris, empty symbolism

By Rich Lowry The instant online symbol of global support for Paris after last week’s attacks was a roughly rendered peace symbol with an Eiffel Tower in the middle of it. The French designer Jean Jullien sketched it as soon as he heard the news of the atrocity.