Code enforcement a misplaced priority for police department

On July 17, 2025 I called the Lampasas Police Department to speak with the code enforcement officer. At that time I wanted to know when a police officer pulls someone over for a traffic violation, are officers allowed to open the driver’s side door?

Do Democrats hear themselves?

Vice President JD Vance’s handling of the press is masterful, and some of his interactions with them have taken on iconic status. For example, in January, Vance was being interviewed by Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.

Why the Democrats are in such a mess

Ever since Donald Trump was re-elected president last November, winning the Electoral College and the popular vote, the Democratic Party has been battered by bad news:• Voter demographics Democrats have traditionally been able to rely on swung heavily Republican in 2024, including Hispanics, blacks...

America should not apologize for dropping bombs on Japan

We have marked the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945). To date, those two bombings represent the only instances in which nuclear weapons have been deployed in war.

To save civilization, we must reject feminism and honor mothers

The triumph of modern feminism has put society on the path to demographic collapse. The U.S. fertility rate dropped to a new low last year, according to recently released CDC data. An earlier report put the country’s total fertility rate at around 1.6 births per woman.

Congress should close Dept. of Education

In fiscal 2024, when President Joe Biden was still in office and the federal government was running a $1.8 trillion deficit, the Department of Education spent three times as much as the Department of Homeland Security and six times as much as the Department of Justice.

How to keep kids from killing kids

What once would have shocked the conscience is now forgotten by the end of the article. Consider these recent stories on juvenile homicides.In Southern Nevada, last October, 17-year-old Keanu Enright left his home to play video games. Police said a group of friends ended up “handling a gun.

Kudos on coordinating the Toughest 10K race

Dear Lampasas: Our local Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce deserves a huge “Thank you!” for putting on a wonderful Toughest 10K race event on July 12! Over 500 people registered for this race, which means Lampasas was the destination for many, many runners and walkers.

Is Gen Z a voting bloc for collectivism?

Politicians have lusted after the “youth vote” for decades, but the “youth vote” is getting even younger these days. Great Britain, for example, just dropped the voting age to 16, one of fewer than 10 nations where minors that young can vote.

There need to be consequences

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has begun releasing hundreds of pages of previously classified documents about the “Russia collusion hoax.