Residents’ input squelched while developers are favored

We are writing to express deep concern and frustration with how the city of Lampasas has been handling the Northington Creek Estates development proposal.

What are you protesting?

In cities big and small all over the country last week, people opposed to the policies of the Trump administration decided to participate in nationally coordinated, so-called Hands Off protests.

Local firm has no involvement in Texas Materials train project

What follows is our company’s official statement of non-involvement in the Burnet-Lampasas County quarry train project. *** Railroad Infrastructure & Terminal Development, also known as RITD Engineering & Surveying, is a company specializing in rail yard development projects.

The president who set the precedent against a third term

When President George Washington was in his second term, there was nothing in the Constitution that prevented him from seeking a third.But he did not. In his Farewell Address in 1796, Washington explained why he was not seeking another term.

SNAP shouldn’t subsidize Slurpees

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.Even Chicken Little would be exhausted trying to keep up with what Democrats claim President Donald Trump wants to do.Just look at the news. Last Tuesday, Rep.

Occam’s razor in an era of declining public trust

The venerable principle known as “Occam’s razor,” attributed to the 14th-century English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham, asserts that when confronted with multiple possible explanations for a causal phenomenon, the simplest explanation is -- absent persuasive evidence to the contrary...

China deserves the Trump tariffs

This January, when President Joe Biden was serving his last weeks in office and turning over the presidency to Donald Trump, the United States ran a $31.7 billion trade deficit with the People’s Republic of China.

When judges violate the Constitution

EDITOR ’S NO TE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.Leftist judges want to turn President Donald Trump into a president in name only. Look at all the ways that individual judges have hamstrung the Trump administration.

Roberts is responsible for the High Court’s self-delegitimization

At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts invoked America’s national pastime in describing his view of the judicial role in our constitutional order: “Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules, they apply them.

Shout-out to Friends of the Night Sky

We want to give a “shout-out” to the wonderful people at Lampasas County Friends of the Night Sky. Lampasas really benefits from the amazing work conducted by this wonderful organization.