Opinion

You can’t escape politics anywhere now, not even in America’s once great pastime, baseball. A pastime, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “something that amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably.” Boy, did the Pittsburgh Pirates accomplish that for me most of my early life.

This is almost too easy but I can’t resist. I was going to write a column about President Biden’s dog, Major, biting people, also among the lowest of the hanging fruits. “President’s dog a Major pain.” It writes itself.

This week we will be exploring the first statement to come out of the Protestant Reformation - Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone). This sola is based upon what the apostle Paul writes in 2 Timothy 3:14, “16 - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 - that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

As the border conditions worsen, concerned Americans wonder where and when the crisis will end. If left unchecked, President Biden’s existing come-one, come-all policy will allow about 1.2 million illegal immigrants to settle in the U.S.

I need someone to tell me what’s happening. Not a tinted version of events but what’s really happening. I make the request because mainstream (if there is such a thing) news outlets seem to fundamentally disagree about what’s important.

Over the next month, I would like to spend some time exploring the Five Solas. These solas came out of the Protestant Reformation during the 16th century. To further explain exactly what the Protestant Reformation was, let us break up the two words and define each of them.

Happy spring Pecos County. Spring has sprung, and our weather is beginning to warm up more and more each day. I can’t count the number of questions I’ve had over the last few weeks about melting chocolate and making Easter egg candies. In every conversation I am asked about the difference between the chocolates and which one is best to purchase, and, more importantly, easier to work with for the newbie candy maker.

Sul Ross State University in Alpine should be a shining star among Texas universities. Instead, over the last several years and under various leaders, Sul Ross has struggled mightily, and enrollment has steadily declined.

The daily Southwest border updates are generating nationwide concern, except in Washington, D.C., where indifference reigns. The latest Department of Homeland Security report showed that in February, more than 100,000 people were either apprehended by or surrendered to federal immigration officials on the U.S.-Mexico border.