Opinion

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body This week we will be exploring the first statement to come out of the Protestant Reformation - Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone).

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.