Be mine

Renae Brumbaugh Is it really Valentine’s Day? It can’t be. I’m still recovering from Christmas. Valentine’s Day is what I like to call the “un-holiday” holiday. You don’t get a day off work, but if you’re not careful, you’ll still gain five pounds or more. All that chocolate, and oh!

On Keystone, action can wait

Rich Lowry President Barack Obama has urged that we make this a “year of action,” and he is going to do his part by acting with vigor and dispatch to continue to study the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project.

Love ‘n stuff

Lynette Sowell I read somewhere we American sare going to spend billions on Valentine’s Day. I might be a selfconfessed hopeless romantic, but that’s a lot of money to spend on just one day. What would you prefer, though?     To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition. 

Dog ‘roomies’ named Chaucer Willis, Kosby

Willis Webb Okay, I’m an old coot. And, I’m inclined to wax nostalgic on occasion. Alright, alright. So, it’s more than occasionally. But, this one’s pretty amusing. Really.

Birthday girls

By Renae Brumbaugh.   I had another birthday. I can’t remember how old I am, though. My birthday’s easy—it stays the same every year. But my age keeps changing. Let’s just say I’m 29, with a few years experience. I love my birthday, because I share it with some amazing people. Franklin D.

Wendy Davis unplugged

By Rich Lowry.   Perhaps the slogan of the Wendy Davis campaign should be that behind every successful woman is a good man. The Texas gubernatorial candidate needs no introduction.

Women: Can’t explain ‘em

When you see or hear a man trying to “explain” women, your reaction is probably “Uh, oh! This dang fool’s about to stick his foot in his mouth,” or “He’s gonna get his rear in a sling,” or any other pronouncement defining stupidity in the male gender. “Women, God bless ‘em.

President’s annual address draws reactions

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst posted similar takes on President Obama’s annual state of the union address, televised live on Jan. 28.

Extra Layers

I nearly lost my life this week. Well, not exactly my life . . . more like my fingers and toes, to frostbite. Considering I’m a writer, I kind of need those fingers. It was 7:20 a.m. and brutally cold. We’re talking, twenty below, people.

Young Howard Hughes goes to Hollywood

After two years of battling censors and teasing the public with a titillating ad campaign, Howard Hughes premiered his much-anticipated western “The Outlaw” at a San Francisco theater on Feb. 4, 1943.