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In the beginning, there was only darkness. Then everybody’s favorite therapeutic apparition said, Let there be light. “Well,” He continued under His breath, “besides all the gazillion other lights clearly visible from the infinite tapestry of the universe.” So there was light. New light. Then millions — if not
If you live in a place long enough, you begin to think you know it. Or that it defines you or becomes part of your DNA. And if you were born there, its role in your identity is official. But that certainly wasn’t how I felt at the March 8, 2022 regular meeting of the Hill County Commissioners Court in Central Texas,
A good friend emailed me a couple weeks back and asked me why Donald Trump had recently spoke in Conroe, Texas. I didn’t know. I hadn’t known Trump was even visiting Texas. I haven’t been watching the news a lot lately. I emailed her back: “No. Probably a motivated gaggle of his fans there. It’s
A good friend emailed me this past Sunday morning and asked me why Donald Trump spoke in Conroe, Texas, the day before. I didn’t know. I hadn’t known Trump was even visiting Texas. I haven’t been watching the news a lot lately. I emailed her back: “No. Probably a motivated gaggle of his fans there. It’s also, of
As a native Texan, I used to be fairly oblivious to outside perceptions of my home state. I never watched a single episode of Dallas, for example; but when I visited Western Europe in the summer of 1984, I was surprised that practically everyone I met assumed I owned horses and oil wells. Then, the […]