Opinion

Texans planning to travel to Mexico or currently visiting there are urged to closely follow warnings from the U.S. Department of State, which advises U.S. citizens to not travel to the states of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas. Travelers to other states in Mexico are urged to either reconsider or at least exercise increased caution. This comes after violence broke out in Jalisco following the death of a cartel leader in a gunfight with Mexican authorities.

Dear Editor, I’m writing because I have a question to ask. Can anyone give me an answer? My question is: why are some vehicle owners putting these loud loud items in their vehicles? They are very disturbing and some really are just showing off or because it’s the style.

Forbes says the “man purse” — or “murse” — is no longer just a trend, but a luxury must-have. Featured heavily during Paris Men’s Fashion Week, designers presented murse styles from tiny satchels to purses larger than the one my mother used.

Early voting in the March 3 primary ends on Friday, Feb. 27, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that Texas has 18.7 million registered voters for the primary.

“Lean on me/When you’re not strong/And I’ll be your friend/I’ll help you carry your Frisbee.” – apologies to Bill Withers. I was intrigued by a recent article by Margret Grebowicz, a philosophy professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, raising an alarm about Americans’ growing emotional dependency on their dogs.

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett are leading their respective primary campaigns for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released released last week by the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Early voting began Feb. 17 and runs through Feb. 27.

All my father ever wanted as a young man was to marry my mother and start a family — plans that were interrupted when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean conflict. As he served in Texas, Germany and other parts of the world, there was only one affordable way to stay in contact: writing letters.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Early voting in the March 3 primary begins Monday, Feb. 17 and concludes on Friday, Feb.

“You don’t have to tell your guts!” My mother’s colorful phrase for practicing verbal restraint would be mocked by proponents of the viral dating trend called “hot take dating.” Once upon a time, people in the dating game practiced their best behavior and tiptoed around potentially controversial topics. When I first met my wife and she asked where I attended church, I hastily volunteered the location name rather than the denomination, so as not to offend her United Methodist sensiblities.

At least 11 people have died in Texas, nearly half of them children, after Winter Storm Fern swept the state last week, the Texas Standard reported. Among those killed were three young brothers who fell through ice on a private pond near Bonham, about 60 miles northeast of Texas. In the Dallas suburb of Frisco, two teens died after a sledding accident. They were riding on a sled being pulled by a vehicle.