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November 26, 2008

There's a lot to remember to be thankful for

Bless us oh Lordand these Thy gifts more >>



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November 25, 2008

Big 3 have had a successful run that needs to continue

"What's good for General Motors is good for America." Every Sunday in a couple of my teen years would find me, along with Dad and my brother, out on our driveway cleaning and detailing our two 1959 Chevrolets. more >>

November 22, 2008

Let's not forget John F. Kennedy

"I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty." -- John F. Kennedy more >>

November 19, 2008

Treasured memories live on

There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. - Astrid Alauda more >>

November 17, 2008

Keeping Christ in Christmas

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining; more >>

November 12, 2008

Citywide smoking ban is hard for officials to enforce

"To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times." - Mark Twain more >>

November 10, 2008

Remember to stop and pay homage to our veterans

Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing, more >>

November 08, 2008

Board was far-sighted in spending our tax money

"This is the only place in the world where the pavements consist exclusively of holes with asphalt around them." Mark Twain more >>

November 05, 2008

Color barrier fades with election

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. On that most historic Tuesday of Nov. 4, 2008, millions of white voters put away whatever remnants of racial division still existed in their souls and cast their ballots for an African-American man to lead the Free World as America's president. more >>

November 03, 2008

Time has come to find out who won

"The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country." - George W. Bush more >>

November 01, 2008

Cool months belong to the children

Those summer nights when we were young, we bragged of things we'd never done, more >>

October 27, 2008

Afghanistan war back into focus

"As soon as there is life, there is danger." -Ralph Waldo Emerson more >>

October 26, 2008

100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago

October 27, 1908 Work on the Queen City Park Addition is being pushed as rapidly as possible and it is the intention of the owners to get the land in good condition so as to give those lot owners who wish to build houses an opportunity to get busy. more >>

October 25, 2008

George Bernard Shaw: 'Why not?'

Just a little boy standing in the rain, the gentle rain that falls for years. more >>

October 22, 2008

Halloween just a night to get more candy

Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night. - Steve Almond more >>

October 15, 2008

Shame on you, Ringo Starr

“Sorry, no more signing stuff ... Nothing will be signed after the 20th of October. If that is the date on the envelope, it’s gonna be tossed ... I’m warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you.” – Ringo Starr, in news accounts more >>

October 13, 2008

October heroes pushed the envelope

“If you want to grow old as a pilot, you’ve got to know when to push it, and when to back off.” – Chuck Yeager more >>

October 11, 2008

Gangly kid has become powerful footballer

If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.– Maya Angelou We watched Junior grow up, but still it’s hard for us to believe the man he’s become. more >>

October 06, 2008

Economic woes brings back memory of Depression-era song

Once I built a tower, up to the sun; brick, and rivet, and lime; more >>

October 01, 2008

Tiger deserves respect

Tiger, tiger, burning bright, in the forests of the night; more >>