Opinion

I see that Fort Stockton ISD is again discussing another large school bond. Liberals never learn.

Along time ago I watched a documentary about poet Emily Dickenson’s life and writings. One thing that I never forgot about that film is that she lived at a time when death was regrettably common - and therefore the subject of many of her poems.

The July Bureau of Labor Statistics report was a blockbuster. The economy created 528,000 jobs, and unemployment dipped to 3.5%, well ahead of Dow Jones’ 258,000 new jobs and 3.6% unemployment estimates. Wage growth also rose.

Dear Neil: This plant was in our landscape when we bought our house new 30 years ago. The cold in February 2021 hurt it badly.

Iwas watching an old documentary the other day about classic Hollywood stars. Henry Fonda, a man who epitomized the stalwart, decent American, was the narrator, and he walked us through several decades of famous (and sometimes infamous) actors, from Charlie Chaplin to Natalie Wood.

East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she’s mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she’s lounging by the pool with her laptop.

In 1 Corinthians 2:9 the Apostle Paul quotes the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:4 & 65:17) when he writes, “But as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.’”

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Dear Neil: I took this photo last fall at a garden in South Texas. I’d like to grow this plant.