Firefighters are looking to the skies for muchneeded rain this week as crews continue battling wildfires across the state. Fires reported Sunday by the Texas A&M Forest Service were being fought in Brown, Taylor, Wilbarger, Llano, Schleicher and San Saba counties.
Just as the Texas Revolution gave rise to the battle cry, Remember the Alamo, today’s energy crisis gives rise to another — Midland, not Moscow. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent international realignment of energy exports transformed a regional war into a global energy emergency.
“God loves you just the way you are.” I have frequently heard that said and have said it myself. The Scriptures support such a view: Jesus declared that God loves “the righteous and the unrighteous.” St. Paul wrote that God demonstrated his love for sinners, and reconciled humans to him while they were acting as his enemies.
The memory is lodged in my brain’s recesses, as closely as mistletoe clings to mesquite trees. Our parents — neither with educational opportunities beyond high school — provided commonsense counsel for my brother and me.
I need an invisibility cloak. I know they’re hard to come by, so I’m adding it to my Christmas list now. That should give Superman plenty of time to locate one, order it, wrap it, and have it under the tree.
Early voting in the May 24 primary runoff elections ends Friday, May 20. Under state law, voters who cast ballots in either party’s primary election must vote only in the same party’s runoff election. Voters who did not cast ballots in the primary may vote in either party’s runoff election.
President Biden took to the stage this past week to blame inflation on anyone but his own failed policies. Americans don’t buy his diversions, or his embarrassing attempts to attribute responsibility to any host of targets. The president inherited a strong economy that he is singlehandedly destroying, a secure border that he is determined to make more porous, and a thriving energy sector that he is regulating out of business. His Democrat enablers in Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer continue to support this radical administration, even as the American people suffer under their watch. The Biden agenda has harmed every facet of American life, from rising gas prices to baby formula shortages.
Bittersweet is an understatement when describing my final year of high school coming to an end. I have been in the Stephenville Independent School District since 2013 (my 4th grade year). This community of parents, teachers, and fellow classmates has made my experience in Stephenville truly spectacular.
My old Uncle Mort is nothing if not analytical, even when he’s not even looking for ways to make easy bucks. He called recently to provide his analysis of members of the Thicket Community Church whose pastor called for a special midweek prayer session appealing for rain. It would be at high noon on the church lawn.
Am I crazy? Wait. Don’t answer that.