Opinion

GUEST COLUMNIST Nefarious activities of a criminal organization that targeted Texans of Asian descent were exposed last month by The Dallas Morning News. The Texas Department of Public Safety inadvertently shipped thousands of driver’s licenses to a New York-based group with felonious intent that has ties in other states.

GUEST COLUMNIST I am definitely a product of the great American melting pot, but on both sides of the family, a Scots-Irish ancestry is prominent. (Some distant cousin with too much time on his hands traced my mother’s maternal grandmother’s line back to 1557 in Ireland.

An interesting question came to me the other day about this “not quite yet” time of Lent that we have been talking about for the past couple of weeks as we prepare ourselves for Easter. The question is what is the best way to pray? This question is often prefaced by a statement that goes something like, “I don’t know how to pray…” As you might imagine, both the statement and the question might seem simple, but can be pretty loaded.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I believe we have live oaks in our neighborhood. They have started sending up hundreds of little seedlings.

GUEST COLUMNIST It’s at once amazing and troublesome. I speak of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence application that was launched last November by OpenAI.

Dear Editor, I believe most of us Americans have had enough. The Social Security Act we imposed on us by President Franklin D.

GUEST COLUMNIST Washington is full of groups that claim to represent the interests of the American people. Some have lots of members, which makes them formidable actors in the ongoing effort to craft public policy.

Last week we spoke about the season of Lent that we are in as a “not quite yet” time in preparation for the new life we celebrate at its culmination in Easter. A part of this “not quite yet” time and turning towards God and loving him and our neighbor, involves forgiveness.

Spring break in Texas is a very popular time for young adults and college students to head to the beach. We want to remind everyone when you are making plans for spring break, make sure a sober driver is top priority.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: The house I bought has a number of half whiskey barrels planted with sotols. The barrels have begun deteriorating and the metal bands have started to rust and fall apart.