Opinion

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS One economist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history,” according to the Texas Standard. The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 is expected to draw up to a million visitors to the Lone Star State, especially in its narrow path of totality.

Although he may have passed through at some point, to the best of my knowledge John Caldwell Tidball never visited Texas. However, he was one of those individuals somewhat lost to history, but nevertheless a man who lived life to the fullest and had an impact on all of us. Tidball, from Ohio, graduated eleventh in the 1848 class of West Point and was assigned as Second Lieutenant to the U.S. Artillery.

The on-again, off-again state immigration law is once more on hold while the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality. Senate Bill 4 would allow state and local law enforcement officials to arrest and deport people suspected of entering the state illegally from Mexico, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The U.S. Supreme Court last Tuesday removed a temporary hold on the law, which allowed it to take effect for several hours before the 5th Circuit court again stopped SB4 from being enforced while it considers its constitutionality.

Dear Editor: Trump is the most hated, vilified, and crucified ex-president and presidential candidate in the history of our country, with the exception of Lincoln. You have to give the democrats credit for being tremendous haters.

Recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that six of the 10 fastest-growing counties in the United States from 2022 to 2023 were in Texas. According to the Texas Tribune, Kaufman County, just east of Dallas, led the list with a 7.6% increase in new residents that brought its population to more than 185,000. Census data shows that Rockwall and Liberty counties closed out the top three, with growth rates of 6.5% and 5.7%, respectively.

Well, THOSE eagerly anticipated revelations certainly crashed and burned. You may recall last summer a former intelligence officer told Congress that Uncle Sam maintains a covert stockpile of downed alien spacecraft and corpses.

On August 5, 2010, 550 miles north of Santiago, Chile, a large part of the San Jose gold and copper mine collapsed trapping 33 miners over 2200 feet underground. 17days later they discovered them still alive and they have been entombed there for almost two months. At first all they had to eat were two spoons full of tuna, a glass of milk and one small biscuit each day. Those miners have lost over twenty pounds each and have had stomach problems.

Matthew 6;5-8 5 “And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

You probably crave a break from my patented “sour grapes” routine, but we must face facts: spring break (a.k.a. Easter break, a.k.a. mid-term break, a.k.a. “unwind, rejuvenate, have fun, but don’t forget how oppressed you are, students”) is not the same for every family.

Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Juan Rodriguez, with the service, told the Texas Standard that its law enforcement investigators had concluded their probe into the source of the Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce fires.