Opinion

In response to the ongoing influx of migrants across Texas’s southern border, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and Tony Gonzales (TX-23) authored this op-ed in the San Antonio Express- News on April 23 announcing their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to respond to the crisis.

As we come to the close of April, we also come to the close of our exploration of the Five Solas. This week we explore the final two statements that came out of the Protestant Reformation, Sola Gratia (Grace Alone) and Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God Alone).

Dear Neil: Do lantanas cycle into and out of flower? Mine has had no blooms at all for some time. Yes they do.

Fewer Americans are attending traditional church services. Fewer are attending Catholic schools, too.

My wife, daughter and I usually drive over to Las Vegas two or three times a year. We don’t go to gamble.

This week we will explore the second and third statements that came out of the Protestant Reformation. The statements we will explore this week are affirmed by the first statement we explored last week, Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone). Because Scripture alone is the only source of Truth for the Christian, we affirm that salvation comes through Christ alone (Solus Christus) in Faith alone (Sola Fide). By stating that salva

A year after the first COVID-19 shutdown, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act, the $1.9 trillion coronavirus legislation that has little to do with coronavirus at all. The third of its kind since 2020, the bill was proposed with the intention to provide COVID relief, and bailout states with federal funds.

While justified criticism about President Biden’s border fiasco rages on, an interesting and significant legal action has gone largely unnoticed. Texan Brian Harrison, formerly President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services chief of staff, and co-plaintiff Steven Pace filed a 20-page brief in an Amarillo federal court seeking to resume the Trump-era, no exception practice of returning unaccompanied minors to their home country.

Now that spring weather finally arrived across the state, many Texans are preparing for spring cleaning. Not so fast, advises Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service integrated pest management specialist Janet Hurley who says pest management should be high on the list of cleaning activities.

Dear Neil: We have had zoysia for 12 years, and have been very satisfied. However, for the past few years, a dead spot has been showing up. It is creeping down the hill in spite of my applications of a lawn fungicide as recently as just a few days ago. I’ve also applied a fungicide with grub control mixed in. What might be going wrong?