Opinion

On 6/10/20, off-duty SMPD Sgt. Ryan Hartman sped down a one-lane gravel road, 50% over the speed limit, past two stop signs, and slammed his truck into my vehicle, killing my life partner, Jennifer Miller.

Newton Minow will always be remembered for a 1961 speech in which he described television as a “vast wasteland.”

Texas foster care needs money to keep kids safe. Lawmakers have billions.

When drugs are like candy, it’s a problem.

As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we inherited from our mothers.

This letter is specifically directed to road race directors in reference to award distribution to runners.

In its infinite wisdom – or lack thereof – Congress recently gave the U.S. Internal Revenue Service $80 billion in new funding as part of the Inflation Reduction Act before the agency had a plan for spending it.

Imagine you’re a kid starting a lemonade stand. You take on all the risk, using your allowance to buy lemons, sugar and plastic cups. You are prone to market variables, such as the lack of foot traffic from neighbors. Yet you soldier on, craft a somewhat persuasive but mostly adorable sales pitch, and sling enough cups to keep your piggy bank fat and happy for a while.

While supporting all the propositions for the San Marcos school district, I’m particularly excited about proposition 4 - a natatorium for San Marcos High School. Providing a pool on campus would acknowledge the need for onsite training of our swim team.

It’s an excuse I’ve been dreaming of: A reason to NOT mow my lawn.

“An allergy season so bad you don’t need allergies to feel miserable,” blared the headline in the Wall Street Journal. My own symptoms are relatively mild, but they do exist. I feel your pain. Especially if we get in a tug-of-war and you pull an entire Costco display of apocalypse-size Kleenex down on top of both of us.

In 1994, a year before his death from alcohol-induced cirrhosis, hepatitis C and inoperable liver cancer, Mickey Mantle gave a remorseful interview to Sports Illustrated. The New York Yankees superstar center fielder and first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee recounted his life as an alcoholic with brutal candor. Mantle admitted that because of alcohol abuse, he ended up “killing himself.”