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The situation in Ukraine has been another kick in the head in reference to our overall sense of progress toward a more civilized world. When we add the stress and challenges we have faced addressing a pandemic that has killed over 6 million persons worldwide of which about 1 million were in this country, these are tough pitches coming across our plate.
Read moreHave you ever spent a day working in high temperatures, over 100 degrees, with the sun blazing upon your head? How you wished for a cold glass of water, or iced tea. How valuable to you was that glass of water or tea when you were extremely thirsty?
Read moreIn 1936, in Berlin Germany, with the stirrings of war and the rise of the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler, two unlikely men walked a track together. The two men came from different parts of the world, with different backgrounds, faiths, and skin color. An unlikely duo to link arms. And yet.
Read moreReturning to the ancient Greeks, we rediscover ”rhetoric,” understood as the art of persuasive speech. (The Greeks had absorbed the tradition from the Egyptians and the Middle East.) If your goal was to get a law passed, prevail in a court case, or win an election, you had to study and learn rhetoric. If you were serious about winning you had to convince the legislators, the judge and the jury or the public that what you said was true and that they should vote accordingly.
Read moreWho do we trust? Close family and friends? Our doctor? Our teachers? The foreman at the ranch we work at that’s been there 25 years longer than us? The rodeo secretary?
Read moreReferencing Susan Junker’s March 9 letter to the editor, “No Competition, No Progress,” Junker takes credit, albeit unwarranted, for her candidacy having an impact on the “… Commissioners Court agenda and Judge Evans goals.” A bit presumptuous.
Read moreLast Thursday, March 17, the US House of Representatives voted, 424-8, to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, permitting the administration to raise tariffs against the two countries.
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An Eastland County sheriff’s deputy died Thursday as wildfires swept through several small Texas communities west of Dallas, destroying at least 50 homes and charring more than 54,000 acres as of Sunday.
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