“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6
Mueller investigation
Animal cruelty
AIM Media Texas Editorial Board
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
Last week Congress overwhelmingly passed, and the President signed, a bill creating a federal holiday commemorating Juneteenth, the celebration of the emancipation of the enslaved population of the United States.
Immigration. The U.S.-Mexico border. Wall-building. Abortion rights. Voting rights. Election laws. The Second Amendment and gun rights. Critical race theory. Transgender athletes.
Was Bill 3979 even necessary
The theme of Juneteenth 2020 was the theme of every American tradition and celebration during the year of COVID-19: separation from loved ones. But unlike other traditions and celebrations, Juneteenth wouldn’t exist without violent separation. It’s out of slavery’s destruction of Black famil…
Out of touch
Nothing to celebrate
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
It’s not a matter of if, but when, a victor will emerge in the state’s water war.
Laughing stock
I'm not really sure what my step-father was expecting back in 1983 when he married my mom. I lived in Tennessee, so I wasn't on hand to watch their courtship. I've heard stories though, and I do know a couple of things for certain.
DUSTER: For yet another prison sentence possibly awaiting a former Gregg County elected official. Tim Vaughn, who served as the Gregg County Republican chair as well as mayor of White Oak, is set to plead guilty next month on theft charges.
"You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
Marijuana has been the subject of public debate for many years and doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. With so much talk coming both enthusiasts and opponents, it can be difficult to cut through the clutter and find the truth about what we actually know about the mysterious green …
“For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.”
With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions over the past few months, Texas weather has been releasing its pent-up energy like a post-quarantine exhibitionist with multiple personality disorder.
What has happened to this great country? We once held high standards for ourselves. But no more.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”
Conversations get lively at news-journal.com, where commenters are encouraged to weigh in on stories via Facebook. Here are some recent comments:
Do you remember a politician who, a decade ago, about his job said, “I go into the office, I sue the federal government and I go home”?
“Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our form; He is mindful that we are nothing but dust.”
Keeping the hoax alive
SAN DIEGO — The genius of America revealed itself to me several years ago in — of all places — a bagel shop. One day, in the overwhelmingly White suburb where I live, I walked in to find the Chinese American owner conversing in Spanish with a pair of Mexican immigrants who bought a bag of th…
“For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.”
President Biden is taking his first trip overseas as president.
I find it interesting that Democrats are ganging up on Joe Manchin.
I was reading a newspaper article the other day, and it made me think of my grandmother insisting that she wasn’t dumb.
The Texas Legislature has gone home, and Gov. Greg Abbott — who’ll be seeking reelection next year — has returned to the top concern of the state’s Republican voters: immigration and border security.
Owner at risk
Throwing shade
AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
Note to dog owners
Questions for senators
“Stop striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth.”
As of one of Longview’s main arteries fully opens to traffic today, motorists should expect months of single-lane frustration on another — all in the name of progress.
Stimulus question
Growing up, I had a run of bad luck with dogs. It continued later in life.
“I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”
Just when you thought our political leaders could not divide us any further, they have now turned on themselves.
The recent legislative session will not soon be forgotten. The focus was perpetually on anything but initiatives required to move Texas forward. Some high-profile measures stalled but will no doubt resurface; others passed.
I have spent the past 42 years practicing and teaching principles of rationality. As I learned during my doctoral education in rhetoric, rationality is at the core of our humanity and anchors productive deliberation in a democratic society.
“Therefore, treat the parts of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience ...”
DUSTER: For the arrest of an East Texas mayor — along with three other Longview-area men — in a sting operation that police say caught them attempting to solicit sex online from minors.
Planes used to be a means of travel for the rich. You’d see people in the movies or on TV flying first-class with five-course meals, champagne, cloth napkins, cocktails and a nice restroom at the back of the plane.
Conversations get lively at news-journal.com, where commenters are encouraged to weigh in on stories via Facebook. Here are some recent comments:
Gov. Greg Abbott, running for a third term in 2022, may hope to build his national name ID to possibly land on a presidential ticket.
It’s easy
Time to end our part
