What is the State of Our Country?
We live in challenging times. For reasons that are becoming increasingly unclear. Every day it gets a mite harder to...
Mid-October Trip Around Texas
San Angelo Standard Times Offers Ways to Prepare for Bad Weather, including the contents of an Emergency Kit for 3...
The Silent Minority Is About To Be Heard
Their's will be the decisive votes in 2018 and 2020. The upcoming elections will not be won by the loudmouth...
The Sticky Paper Case
A great mystery has now gone unsolved for four full days. I'm referring, of course, to the video-shot that caught...
On Getting Serious about Having Fun in Our Politics
It's been a long time since we Americans laughed at the shenanigans of our politicians and the partisan stands that...
Clued, Glued or Just Plain Crude
We humans constantly amaze ourselves. We can get glued on to a clue, and be clueless even when glued to...
When Ignorance is Far From Bliss
For one who has spent most of his adult life in education and other non-profit endeavors, the current state of...
Trump Bumps, Deep in the Heart of Texas
No, we're not referring to Beto O'Rourke's spirited challenge to unseat Senator Ted Cruz. And No, we're not referring to...
The Predator in My Hometown
I grew up in Refugio—pronounced Re-fear-e-o—Texas, a small town of less than 5,000 (less than 3,000 now), some 40 miles...
Truth Is More Than “The Facts”
Facts can be abused. Facts can lie. To use them correctly requires their accurate interpretation and application. It is well...