Opinion

Body Dear Editor, Recently, a Democrat official in Kleburg County bolted from the Democrat party and joined the Republican party due to Biden’s open border policy. Yes, the Republican party – the party of Lincoln who freed the slaves.

Body Amid the howls of outrage and shouts of jubilation over the indictment in Georgia of former president Donald Trump on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, a few cautionary voices were raised quietly expressing concern that government prosecutors appear to be...

Body Dear Neil: I’m having one or two large limbs breaking out of my 100-year-old pecan trees every week. We’ve had no wind or storms. They just snap and fall. Is this being caused by the heat and drought?

Body I remember the time I was on a fishing trip with friends. and we decided to hike up into the mountains and go trout fishing. It was quite a hike over five miles with many ups and downs and climbing all the way.

Body Irealize such headgear has fallen out of style in our self-esteemobsessed culture, but maybe I should belatedly don a dunce cap. You see, one of my first columns (nearly 25 years ago) was a snarky dismissal of the nascent homeschooling movement.

Body Half the country has no idea why the front page of Thursday’s New York Post was so hilarious.

Body 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV) “God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.” The story behind this verse is that God has sent Samuel to anoint the new king of Israel.

Body Dear Neil: Our redbud is about 10 years old, and it appears to be in distress. It has been losing leaves, but now the pace has really picked up. It has so many yellowed leaves, and many are falling. Can you see what the problem might be?

Body The Trump Trials, a multiact drama of intrigue, deception, ego and struggle for power, is scheduled to debut off Broadway in March, opening what will likely experience a longer run than “Phantom of the Opera.”

Body Iwill never get over what the COVID-19 pandemic did to the Ollie’s discount chain. Pre-COVID, on my way to the restroom while shopping, I always sought out the coffee pot that announced sentiments to the effect of “We’ve had a pretty good year.