Opinion

They say, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Well, I find medicine detestable. Everything about having to take it challenges my inner voice. Don’t get me wrong, I understand medicine is necessary for some, and better medical care has increased life expectancy globally.

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, narrowly won re-election in a hotly contested runoff race and has vowed to seek his third term as speaker, drawing threats from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to oppose any of his supporters in the 2024 primary.

Seven Texas counties have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for grants for emergency work and replacement of disaster-damaged public infrastructure, after severe weather and flooding struck much of Deep East Texas, Gov. Gregg Abbott’s office reported.

The old hymn declares that we are marching to higher ground. Our prevailing culture, however, suggests otherwise.

I am a sucker for a good sci-fi movie since I first saw Star Wars in the early eighties. The experience gave me an infatuation with the possibilities of what technology could produce. One of the more startling developments emerging on our technological sunrise is the permeation of artificial intelligence, or AI.

Texas House Democrats are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to increase public school funding, while Abbott is criticizing them for opposing legislation last year that tied increased funding to his pet project — school vouchers.

This is a backstory of “Touchdown Jesus” on the 50th anniversary of Notre Dame’s football faithful making the massive Hesburgh Library’s south wall mural better known than the building itself. Ever heard of the Hesburgh Library, or does “Touchdown Jesus” sound more familiar? I thought so.

Years ago, I was a project manager at a large construction company. I was fortunate to overseen around 300 people at any given time.

As East Texas residents return to clean up their homes and businesses after extensive flooding earlier this month, the Texas Department of State Health Services urged residents and business owners to exercise caution. Among the recommendations: · Never use gasoline-powered generators or charcoal grills indoors.

With news of incivility, protests and disruption gobbling up radio and television air time and dominating front-page newspaper articles, many of us are in a state of perpetual tension. What will tomorrow bring? It’s tough to find even a sprig of a smile, but heaven knows my ancient Uncle Mort is trying his best to hack his way through an underbrush of chaotic unrest to find that sprig.