Columns & Editorials

Three Rights Make a Left

Last week I called my friend Lee McDermott and asked if he wanted to go to lunch. He said he was about to call me for the same thing. Over lunch he said that turkey season opens Saturday and he said he was going to the lease and asked if I wanted to go.

Three Rights Make a Left

It was Spring Break 1976 and I had fallen in love with a beautiful California girl my first week of college at Abilene Christian College.

Stranger Than Most

In my office I have groups of family figurines in four flavors—Asian, Black, Hispanic and White. When writing this I gave a lot of thought as to the order I was going to list those races lest I seem, well, racist. I finally decided that the fairest way was to simply put them in alphabetical order.

Laymen’s Corner

I do not believe Esau was a rebel against GOD and man, but he seemed to rely upon his own strength and knowledge to make his way through life. Jacob believed GOD and knew the value of the birthright of the firstborn son and GOD’S blessing on him.

HOPPIN’ AROUND

California, often on the cutting edge when it comes to social innovation, may have done it again. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a state measure requiring that all single-stall toilets in California be labeled gender-neutral.

HOPPIN’ AROUND

The third session in the Forney Police Department’s Citizens’ Police Academy took place Mar. 14. This one was all about patrol and traffic stops and it provided information I believe it would be a good idea to pass along to our readers.

Three Rights Make a Left

I have to admit I have always been a political junkie. I have worked on political campaigns since I was in high school when I campaigned for Paul Eggers for Texas Governor. In college at Abilene Christian College I served on the Taylor County Committee to Elect President Gerald Ford.

Laymen’s Corner

Studying the lives and callings of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael, and Jacob and Esau, gives us a little insight into GOD’S plan for the redemption of mankind. None of these men were perfect, but GOD had his own reason for using them to complete His plan.

Stranger Than Most

Before they started spending every waking moment glued to a screen, kids used to play outside. In fact our parents insisted on it. Some unlucky kids even had mothers who would lock the door behind them. My parents never went that far, but I do remember being told repeatedly to vacate the premises.

Stranger Than Most

People in America used to be a lot thinner. I like to look at old pictures and movies. Even in the street scenes you rarely see a woman wearing more than a size 5. (I can only assume that 11- inch waists were the norm.) Old TV shows reveal the same thing.