Not every hurdle has been crossed, but it seems Longview has found a place to relocate its fire department training field. That means it can, at long last, be moved from the densely populated residential area around Stamper Park.
Look, see and listen to facts
Scavengers, yes, but also predators
A draft dodger’s rights
“Major portions of the world are in conflict and some, in fact, are going to hell,” President Donald Trump said two years ago in a speech before the United Nations. Most things the president says are controversial, but the only disagreement most Americans across the political spectrum might …
Let’s hear it for public shaming.
By James A. Marples
Americans are increasingly leaving their traditional 9-to-5 jobs to work for themselves. Last year, nearly 57 million people performed freelance work — up from 53 million in 2014.
Yes, I am one of “those” people. About thirty minutes after Labor Day has officially ended, I feel a strange compulsion to binge on my mother’s iced sugar cookies shaped like snowmen while listening to Nat King Cole croon about chestnuts.
A look at what we liked, and didn't like, in the past week's news.
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I don’t exactly recall when I moved from the little table to the big table during the holidays. But I thought I had arrived.
Support for movement toward a comprehensive approach to solve gun violence woes and for a State Board of Education move toward inclusion of African American studies electives were among topics being discussed this week by Texas editors.
As pets, vultures and buzzards would probably not be the first choice of most East Texans. They're not cuddly, and would probably not respond when called by name or "go fetch" a thrown ball or stick.
Cruz’s hypocrisy is showing
Critical of all but substance
By Rick Halperin and Roger C. Barnes
The 2020 federal census count is very important to Texas.
The Christmas shopping season is off to a roaring start and that is nothing but good news for our economy in East Texas and beyond. Nationally, records were set for retail spending Black Friday, Local Saturday and Cyber Monday.
“Silent Night” might be the most popular of Christmas carols, at least judging by the number of times it has been recorded, the fascinating range of artists who have sung it and the way they’ve chosen to present it.
Republicans let down country
Success despite Democrats
Questions I’d like to hear
On Monday, House Republicans defended President Donald Trump from impeachment by (rather charitably) calling his brand of international relations an “ ‘outside the Beltway’ approach to diplomacy.”
Have you noticed that the world is on fire?
Beaumont Enterprise
Homelessness has been in the news recently in Texas. The mayor of Austin and the governor of Texas have been sparring over camping in public spaces.
Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher is a highly decorated combat veteran who made the mistake of posing for a photograph with a dead ISIS combatant.
By next week, we’ll know who’s going to have a primary. We’ll know who is going to have a fight in November, who’s quitting and who isn’t quitting.
Just to look at raw numbers, one might think crime is an ever-increasing problem in Gregg County. The number of felony criminal cases filed in the courts has increased a whopping 46% from 2018.
Sam Clemens would be pretty miffed to discover I’m writing about him on his birthday weekend. The great American writer — who was better known by his pen name of Mark Twain — didn’t like to celebrate birthdays (“One day closer to death,” he’d say).
Stoudt for sesquicentennial
The president is not above the law
I still believe in the Lobos
I’m not going to stop eating at Chick-fil-A for three reasons. First, I like it. Second, if I started avoiding businesses with which I might have a philosophical or ideological difference of opinion, my options would be pretty limited. Third, I believe Christianity would be much better serve…
Does anyone know the year of the California Civil War?
Suicide prevention is a community effort.
War has come to my yard. But this battle doesn’t involve modern conventional weapons with individual rounds of ammunition that cost almost as much as my eldest and most expensive daughter’s wardrobe.
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I never expected to do most of the things I’ve done in my life. Radio announcer, public relations, health care, law enforcement, and working for charities.
The broader value and need for a return to the Thanksgiving day Texas A&M-Texas game and the importance of a complete census count were among the topics Texas editors were discussing this week.
The saying of thanks is as old as the history of man, but it is significant that here in America the spirit of giving thanks to God for all things good has blossomed into a meaningful observance, a special day meant to encompass both personal response and national purpose.
Thanks to fire department
Grateful for good officer
Appreciation for care
“Orange potatoes with marshmallows?”
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has started an organization that seeks to press forward with issues he considers important.
This time of year brings a different spirit upon us, one in which most of us feel the need and desire to give back — or pay forward — some of the blessings we all enjoy.
There’s a parable that perhaps you’ve heard before. It is not one of those told by Jesus but is valid in this season, nonetheless.
Thanksgiving arrives just when we need it — our most unifying holiday at one of the most divisive moments in recent American history. In general, the holiday is celebrated the same way around the country, which is among its best qualities. There are no blue-state versions and red-state versi…
“Praise be to the Lord, God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he said through his holy prophets long ago.”
