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Family landlines better for teens than smartphones
Family landlines better for teens than smartphones

When my childhood home got a phone call, it was an event. That was partly because my father, a longtime phone-company employee, installed four brass-belled phones throughout our home. The

01/26/2020 12:00 AM
Governor, thanks for honoring church hero Jack Wilson. Now, let’s talk red-flag law.
Governor, thanks for honoring church hero Jack Wilson. Now, let’s talk red-flag law.
01/22/2020 12:00 AM
I can't endorse the New York Times' approach
I can't endorse the New York Times' approach
01/22/2020 12:00 AM
Census provides opportunity for each person to do civic duty
Census provides opportunity for each person to do civic duty

Work on the 2020 U.S. Census has been going on for months, and most of those efforts have been organizational, out of public view, as the massive undertaking of making

01/19/2020 12:00 AM
Wine sales down: A fluke or sign of the future?
Wine sales down: A fluke or sign of the future?

I don’t know much about wine (although my late classmate Tracy Holder gave a hilarious rendition of Richard Pryor’s “Wino Directing Traffic on a Sunday Morning” routine during a long-ago

01/19/2020 12:00 AM
Reader encourages parents, community members to remain vigilant
Reader encourages parents, community members to remain vigilant
01/15/2020 12:00 AM
Here’s why Texas should have online voter registration and what’s being done
Here’s why Texas should have online voter registration and what’s being done
01/15/2020 12:00 AM
Talking to my daughter about war and 'megafires'
Talking to my daughter about war and 'megafires'
01/15/2020 12:00 AM
Uber is the latest cheap labor-addicted employeer
Uber is the latest cheap labor-addicted employeer

Uber, the multinational ride-hailing company that burst onto the scene in 2009 and made Yellow Cab passe, has, at least superficially, enjoyed a phenomenal success record. Only a little more

01/12/2020 12:00 AM
Beating the afterholiday blues
Beating the afterholiday blues

Dear Reader, Now that the beautifully wrapped gifts have been ravaged, the luscious desserts have been inhaled, and Santa has packed his peppermint-striped Speedo for a vacation to Jamaica’s Hedonism

01/12/2020 12:00 AM
Reader voices support for city councilmember
Reader voices support for city councilmember

Editor, In response to SMDR. Publisher Lance Winter’s front page article for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, regarding a letter filed as Ethics Complaint by Mr. Phil Hutchinson to City of

01/12/2020 12:00 AM
A cut above: update haircut, update outlook
A cut above: update haircut, update outlook
01/08/2020 12:00 AM
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