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During the 1930s, the highway department built a two-acre impoundment beside the new U.S. 90, named it Borden Lake, and installed roadside picnic facilities. You would think that would mean that the Texas Department of Transportation would claim purview over Borden Lake, right? Well, they don’t.
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Sometime last year, one of our longtime readers, Greg Fore, brought me a wooden spoon. Some of you who have visited with me in our offices have seen it sitting
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The Texas Legislature seems to have a pretty laissez faire attitude when it comes to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and its lengthy record of blunders, delayed investigations, inaction, and failure to hold polluters or industry resp
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I strongly believe it is bad to give terrorists a platform. I hate the idea of providing them excessive coverage. It seems to me that to do so is to
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My grandpa, Edgar Banse, was a businessman through and through. After he sold his general store, BB&D in downtown Weimar, he continued to offer water well repair out of his
Read moreWEIMAR—The Weimar City Council voted unanimously last Thursday to seek proposals for a design-build contract in hopes of finding a contractor to build a new municipal swimming pool. The move
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Two Fridays ago, Balfour, a high school memorabilia company, came to Columbus and distributed caps and gowns to everyone. For some, it was a wake-up call.
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Lent started on Ash Wednesday and we’re in our third week. It’s meant to mirror the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert after his baptism. During this
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