Opinions

Capital punishment serves its purpose; don’t abolish it

Josh Hammer

Monday, November 22, 2021

Bowing to intense political pressure, Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt, the Republican governor of one of the nation’s reddest states, commuted on Thursday the death sentence of convicted murderer Julius Jones.

Requiring vaccines is not the role of government

Tony Perkins

Monday, November 15, 2021

It’s a good thing the White House doesn’t handle 911 calls -- it might take two months to get a response! That’s the irony behind the administration’s vaccine mandate.

Can Americans exercise religion in an execution chamber?

Terence P. Jeffrey

Monday, November 15, 2021

Dustin Honken was convicted of murdering five people, including two children, and was sentenced to death in a federal court in 2004. Sixteen years later, he was executed.

LETTERS

News Staff

Monday, November 15, 2021

I enjoyed the article on Margaret Medina in your Nov. 12 issue. I was a child when our family ate at Margaret’s. Her food was excellent. It was hot (spicy), which I loved. Lampasas memories are my favorite.

Let’s honor veterans by adopting a more sober foreign policy

Josh Hammer

Monday, November 15, 2021

The Veterans Day holiday last week, coming just a few months after the national humiliation that was President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, ought to serve as a wake-up for Washington’s myopic foreign policy and national security establishment, as well as our decadent ruling class...

After Virginia, fight the culture war with the aim of victory

Josh Hammer

Monday, November 8, 2021

Last week’s GOP electoral romp in Virginia, headlined by Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s victory over former governor and longtime Clinton crony Terry McAuliffe, ought to be a watershed moment for American conservative politics and the Republican Party.

Is stealing wrong? Many of those on the Left don’t think so

Dennis Prager

Monday, November 8, 2021

To most readers of this column, the question is absurd. The reason is not because the question is, in fact, absurd; it is because most readers of this column are conservative, and many are religious. Am I implying that most leftists do not believe stealing is wrong? Yes, I am.

What’s next for our world?

News Staff

Monday, November 8, 2021

Throughout the world’s history, evil has been an undeniable part of human life, and some of it unspeakable evil. It persists in every society and is found among all people on earth. We do indeed know “good and evil.

America’s latest nutty professor

Michelle Malkin

Monday, November 8, 2021

Dr. Brittney Cooper certainly takes the cake for the nation’s worst tenured radical (at least for this week, until the next academic nutjob erupts).

Free flu shot clinic

News Staff

Monday, November 1, 2021

Thanks to AdventHealth Rollins Brook for providing a painless drive-thru, free flu shot clinic on Oct. 21. The staff was so friendly and well-prepared. My family of four was in and out in 5 minutes. We appreciate this service. Susan Hines Lampasas County

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