Opinion

The author of Hebrews tells us, “10:23 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.”

For millions of Americans, Fourth of July means grilling. While you are celebrating our nation’s independence, you can plan what you want for your outdoor grilling. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has some suggestions for the best foods for grilling and keeping your outdoor celebration healthy.

Dear Neil: I have a huge morning glory vine that gets sun all morning. However, no blooms.

Need to learn how to unclog a shower drain, jump-start a car, shave your face without bleeding to death, or successfully address dozens of other practical adult daily activities? Rob Kenney offers this kind of basic dad advice, and millions are tuning into his YouTube channel, “Dad, How Do I?” to hear it. Kenney, who promises his subscribers he’ll do “my best to provide useful, practical content to many basic tasks that everyone should know how to do,” told Buzzfeed he began making YouTube videos after his 27-year-old daughter would call him “with countless ‘adulting’ questions.” “Every day she was calling me, and I thought, ‘What do other people do when they don’t have that resource?’” Kenny was painfully aware of what it was like to lack a fatherly resource.

Down on the Southwest border, business is booming – criminal business, that is. The federal government steadfastly refuses to protect the border or the interior.

For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Now that I got your attention, let me tell you about a love at first sight story.

“Who do you buckle up for” is a question asked by the Kailee Mills Foundation, an organization established in memory of 16-year-old Kailee Mills who lost her life in 2017 in a crash when she unbuckled for a moment in the backseat of a car on her way to a nearby Halloween Party. She was only traveling a mile away to a friend’s house, and only a few blocks away from home when the car she was riding in veered off the road and rolled over, ejecting Kailee and killing her instantly. Her three friends walked away with only minor cuts and bruises. Kailee was the only one in the car not wearing a seat belt.

Small business, the engine that drives this state’s economy, came out of this year’s state legislature okay - not great, not awful, but okay. Fair to middlin’.

Two and a half months have passed since President Joe Biden designated Vice President Kamala Harris as his administration’s border czar. Harris, who half-heartedly accepted her daunting new task, has neither been to the Southwest border to personally watch the ongoing illegal immigrant influx, nor given a press conference on the subject.

With the approach of summer in Texas, the danger of children dying from being left unattended in vehicles increases. By following the steps in the Safe Kids ACT campaign, we can help reduce needless and preventable deaths. ACT stands for Avoid heatstroke-related injury, Create reminders, and Take action. The campaign is designed to link together these simple heatstroke prevention steps.