Opinion

When oppressive heat smothers Texas, millions of air conditioning units kick in, whirring and wheezing, straining to spare us the indignities of sweaty discomfort and protect us from the far more serious prospect of heat stroke.

The Fourth of July has always held a special power over me.

As reading scores drop, summer programs at local libraries can help.

Conservation urged as searing heat wave sweeps state Texas’ power grid reported record electricity use early last week. Both the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are urging residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce electricity use as temperatures soar above 100 degrees over much of the state.

I am very grateful for the detailed story in the Daily Record on 6-2123 by Shannon West on the new Comp Plan under review by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

“Because I could not stop for cataracts, they kindly stopped for me.”

Lawmakers picked a fight with renewables but didn’t wreck the Texas industry.

The national debt broke the $32 trillion barrier this week. It’s a number so huge it’s incomprehensible to the average citizen.

Maybe it’s a good thing that my teenage dream of becoming a TV programmer never materialized.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claimed last week that Gov. Greg Abbott is sabotaging the Senate’s work because of their ongoing feud over which approach to property tax reform is best, The Dallas Morning News reported. Abbott vetoed three bills by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, who has been Patrick’s point senator on increasing homestead exemptions in order to provide tax cuts. As of Friday afternoon, he had vetoed 31 bills.

Modern dads are portrayed as fools in television sitcoms and commercials.

An invocation controversy arose in San Marcos on May 16 when a Satanist leader gave the invocation at a meeting of the City Council.