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Diversity without virtue yields chaos

Diversity without virtue yields chaos

Diversity without virtue yields chaos

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a commencement address this month at Benedictine University in Kansas. Butker is a devout Catholic and was speaking at a Catholic institution.
New tariffs on Chinese goods are meaningless

New tariffs on Chinese goods are meaningless

New tariffs on Chinese goods are meaningless

Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the United States has imported more than $1.5 trillion in goods from the People’s Republic of China, according to the Census Bureau’s publicly released data for the period from February 2021 through March 2024.

‘Thank you’ to community

Vision Lampasas would like to commend everyone on the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse.Vision Lampasas members Dianna Hodges and Dorinda Barrett gave an early “heads up” that vast crowds of 50,000-100,000 people might descend on our little town.
Joe Biden, a political pinwheel

Joe Biden, a political pinwheel

Joe Biden, a political pinwheel

EDITOR ’S NO TE: Laura Hollis is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro.Joe Biden is not a person of principle or character. He is a lifelong politician who has spent decades shifting his positions on nearly every major issue.
Democrats’ lawfare strategy crumbles

Democrats’ lawfare strategy crumbles

Democrats’ lawfare strategy crumbles

President Joe Biden, who wears bespoke sneakers to prevent embarrassing collapses and whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergartners, is in bad political shape.
The making of a banana republic

The making of a banana republic

The making of a banana republic

It is a presidential election year, and a leading candidate for president -- who also happens to be a former president of the United States -- is currently a criminal defendant chained to a dingy courtroom four days of the week.
Why communism and socialism fail

Why communism and socialism fail

Why communism and socialism fail

The protests roiling our college campuses have provided yet another opportunity for the perennially disgruntled to call for the end of America’s democratic form of government and system of free market capitalism, and to replace both with some collectivist pipe dream.

Upkeep lacking at cemetery

My parents were born and raised in Lampasas and thus are buried there.Today (May 7), my brother and I, who are now elderly, drove over three hours to the cemetery to visit our parents’ grave for Mother’s Day.