My mother was a pianist. Not professionally, though she could have been, she was that good.

Fifty years ago, responding to public demand in an era of reform, Texas enacted a sweeping law ensuring the people’s right to know about their government.

The Super Bowl is now set and the World Champion Houston Astros finally have a (new) general manager.  Both are newsworthy items; therefore, we’ll discuss both. 

They are human beings and they are everywhere around us.

Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court more than four years ago, on Oct. 6, 2018. His oath followed perhaps the ugliest Supreme Court Senate confirmation process in history — and that, given the previous examples of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, is saying something…

Saturday night 50 years ago, who else was held hostage by their grandparents and Lawrence Welk? Raise your hand.

Tom Holden, staff photographer at The Kerrville Daily Times, suggested using a thick rag wrapped around my outdoor faucet and securing it with duct tape for the coldest of winter weather. He told me this after I mentioned the lunch-leftover Styrofoam cup I had stuffed with a rag and placed o…

We’re down to the NFL Final Four. 

This past fall, all across Texas, property owners began to receive their property tax bills for the year. As a member of the Legislature, my telephone predictably begins to ring this time of year and letters come pouring in from frustrated homeowners and property owners urging, asking and de…