Finding the right balance is tough

It's a terrible, terrible decision that he faces."

Looking for more Marinas

I find myself awed and somewhat shamed by the moral authority and enormous courage of Marina Ovsyannikova, the woman who materialized on the set of Russian state TV's flagship news program on March 14 holding a handlettered poster with Ukrainian and Russian flags, which read, in English, "No War"...

Should U.S. end its reliance on oil?

The Los Angeles Times argues that, along with banning Russian imports, the U.S. should end its dependence on fossil fuels.President Biden's recent announcement that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil and gas underscores the inherent instability and danger of our reliance on fossil...

City Council action was long overdue

Last month the Clinton City Council made a bold decision that will make our town more appealing and in the process help protect home values here.In a unanimous vote, the council tightened existing laws on the books that restrict parking automobiles in the front yard of residences.For decades this...

Why Nancy Pelosi is nervous

House Democrats recently went on their annual retreat in Philadelphia.

Adjusting to body clock shock

People in most parts of the United States set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday so that darkness falls later in the day, a seasonal shift that is enforced by the federal government.A congressional panel last week debated whether to end the nation’s “spring forward” and “fall back” daylight...

Freedom is tested once again

Albert Einstein, who knew something about how the world works, believed that freedom "is only possible by constantly struggling for it."In our popular conception of history, many of the touchstones of that struggle are far in the past.

Welcoming the Ukrainian refugees

Avram Rogowsky grew up in Bialystok, then a part of the Russian Empire and now in Poland, near its eastern border with Belarus. In 1914, he escaped from the czar's army, boarded a ship for Palestine and planned to send for his betrothed, Miriam Wasilsky.

A year before Roe vs. Wade

As her father, I too loved Susan and will remember as long as I have a memory the day we picked her up at Hope Cottage in Dallas a day or two after she turned two months old.I remember the joy she brought to our family and the tears I shed 38 years later on the morning her mother called and told me...

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 50 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGOClinton’s Chalisto Club met for its regular meeting in the home of Erma Smith. After prayer and business had been discussed, the group spent the afternoon playing Rook.