Native Tongue

By Renae Brumbaugh   English is not my first language. Yes, you read correctly. I am bilingual. I didn’t learn the King’s English until I was in school. Fortunately, I was brought up in Houston and was surrounded by educated people. I had excellent teachers, and they taught me well.

The Real Rape Culture

By Rich Lowry   There are no words for the horror of Rotherham. More than 1,400 young girls have been raped and brutally exploited in the northern England town of roughly 250,000 over the past 16 years, while nearly everyone in authority did all he or she could to look the other way.

John Sharp is a true down-to-earth public servant

By Willis Webb   John Sharp is one of those people to whom you take an instant liking. He is down-to-earth but brilliant and is truly devoted to public service.

Stuff kids do

By Lynette Sowell   The old saying, “Kids say the darndest things,” ought to also include the phrase “and do.” I was reminded of this when hearing the recent news report of a five year old girl being stuck inside a washing machine on high speed at a Pasadena, Texas laundromat.

I was wrong

By Renae Brumbaugh   Popular atheist blogger Leah Libresco rocked the atheist community two years ago when she announced she’d taken the plunge and converted to Christianity. She made the announcement publicly on her blog, six weeks after her decision.

Obama’s Iraq War

By Rich Lowry   ISIS is a force for evil that poses an imminent security threat to the United States, but please, let us get back to you on whether we are determined to defeat it.

No matter how small

By Lynette Sowell   With election day upon us today, I thought I’d dust off this column entry and share it again. This is a “small” election. Only one decision on the ballot. This one, or that one. And if you don’t vote, essentially, you’re saying “no one.

Walking cane is high school football ‘trophy’

By Willis Webb   “You’ve got to be a football hero to get along with the beautiful girls…” Song written in 1933 For someone who started out (at age 14) wanting to be a sterling high school football player at 135 pounds (growing to a “hefty” 150 by age 17), I didn’t want to hear about the potential...

Hiding Place

By Renae Brumbaugh   2014: The boy child is getting all grown up. He’s in 7th grade, and on the football team, and this mama’s heart is a little sad.

Free Rick Perry

By Rich Lowry   It tells you much about the laughable indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry that it has made him a figure of bipartisan sympathy. Perry was indicted for the offense of vetoing an appropriations bill. Not vetoing an appropriations bill in exchange for a bribe.