Perspectives

Governor points out actions taken to make schools safer

Sat, 09/15/2018 - 12:00am

AUSTIN — Just before Labor Day weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott released a School Safety Action Plan Summary that lists actions taken by school districts to harden campuses in the wake

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Book seeks to prove Lincoln was executed

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 12:00am

To understand and appreciate “Abraham Lincoln’s Execution,” written by John Chandler Griffin and published by Pelican Publishing, one must make the distinction between two very important words – assassinate and

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Texans confront horrors of ‘The Great War’

Sat, 09/08/2018 - 12:00am

The “Tough ’Ombres” of the Ninetieth Infantry Division saw action for the first time on the bloody battlefields of France on Sep. 12, 1918. The Great War (no one imagined

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Texas leaders call for new trade agreement to include Canada

Sat, 09/08/2018 - 12:00am

AUSTIN — The White House last week announced a preliminary new trade agreement had been secured between the United States and Mexico. While details of the pact are forthcoming, the