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“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”
Read moreAre you noticing the sounds of the birds a little more this spring?
Read moreQ: I’m usually so busy with work that I’m not around my children that much. They’re used to Dad not being home. But being “stuck” home together these past weeks has reminded me that they’re really fun kids. How can I keep up the relational momentum once things get back to “normal?”
Read morePets can come in all shapes and sizes. While some animal lovers may consider themselves dog or cat people, others enjoy smaller pets, also referred to as “pocket pets,” like ferrets.
Read moreFor most of our local Texas businesses and nonprofits, the progress on reopening is still “slow and safe as you go.”
Read more“If you don’t want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicizing it,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in chastising President Donald Trump on March 8, 2020, for his threat to halt U.S. funding due to Mr. Tedros’ mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreEditor’s note: The Star donates space weekly to our Republican and Democratic citizens as an avenue for them to express their views. It is a privilege we gladly provide them to write about any topic they wish. In response to the column below, we remind readers we covered the late April downtown rally because, as previously noted in The Star, “It was in our front yard and because we don’t get to pick and choose what happens in our community.” It is our job to do our due diligence and report on what happens in our community, regardless of what it is. We were not approached by any Republican or Tea Party representative, nor anyone else, before, during or after the rally and our coverage of it, nor was the column that followed in the next edition of the paper a retraction of any kind. There was no altering of any perspective. The column was an opinion, similar to the column below, that followed the factual covering of an event in our community.
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