Columns

Recommendations and suggestions regarding foods and their various favorable attributes are commonplace in many forms of media, but I feel like there’s more to the story than what we’re typically told, and there are things we can do to assist foods in bestowing their benefits upon us.

Physicist Albert Einstein is widely regarded as one of the smartest people to ever live.

There’s a phrase you’ll hear people use pretty frequently in one form or another these days: Common sense is no longer very common.

I’ll never get tired of sifting through the many old sayings and idioms that are such a significant and vital component of the English language.

I don’t have many “pet peeves,” but there are a few things in life I do find a bit bothersome.

These days, something new and weird seems to pop up every day in the complicated realm of information.

Almost exactly 10 years ago, I wrote about several quotes from Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

Everywhere you look these days, there are signs of uneasiness, uncertainty or unrest, and confusion and chaos are commonplace.

While I was pondering the state of everything recently, I had a thought that made me really stop and consider it.

In a recent conversation, a friend and I discussed how many of the 330-million or so people currently living in the United States (or the 7-or-8 billion on Earth, for that matter) don’t appear to have much respect for themselves.

With uncertainty at an all-time high these days, it’s pretty hard to get a feel for what will, might, won’t or can’t happen.

As a means of furthering peoples’ knowledge of that which spurs curiosity, amazement and disbelief (and maybe apathy), here is another set of odd but true snippets of information.

It’s interesting how we can all sometimes experience deep sorrow when someone we really don’t know dies.

The shortcomings of officiating in high school sports is something I’ve touched on before in this column series.

Recent events in China represent a prime example of what happens when a large group of people is oppressed for a significant period of time.

On Wednesday, March 29, American Legion Post 41 will be observing National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

In dispatch today are three dispatchers. Only two minutes into their shift, Zach takes the first call for help.

With the March winds coming in, I am reminded of this quote: “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” 

Hard to believe it is already March. 

One of our Marines has left us. 

The below scenarios are from someone dialing 9-1-1 emergency.

“Blind Date with a Book” continues for the month of February at all Texas County Library branches!

February is often known for being a month dedicated to and all about love.

First, immediate local assistance for veterans. 

The Houston Herald is one of the many resources the library uses to promote our book inventory and activities for the community.

There were 30,864 calls that rang into dispatch for assistance in the year of 2022.

With a new year comes a new chapter in all our lives.

At one of Post 41’s executive meetings, I received a list of legislative items supported by the American Legion for 2023 from our Post Legal Officer, Judge Brad Ellsworth. 

What a busy time of year throughout the land.

Books are a great gift anytime for any age and all library branches have gently used books for sale.