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Why victorious ideas don’t always win

Victor Joecks

Monday, October 6, 2025

Winning the war of ideas isn’t enough. Consider government-sanctioned racial discrimination.There’s a reason the left hides behind acronyms like DEI. Judging people on their skin color, not their character, remains unpopular.

The West is killing itself

Laura Hollis

Monday, October 6, 2025

England and Wales are preparing to legalize assisted suicide. The “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill” was passed by the House of Commons in June and now moves to the House of Lords.

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The folly of ‘Palestinian’ statehood

News Staff

Monday, September 29, 2025

Four of America’s nominally close allies -- Britain, Australia, France and Canada – have disgraced themselves by recognizing a so-called Palestinian state. In so doing, these nations didn’t merely betray the broader Western civilizational inheritance to which they lay claim.

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Kirk showed what it means to be a man

News Staff

Monday, September 29, 2025

Popular culture has two competing narratives about manhood. Charlie Kirk rejected both of them and set an example that young men should follow.The dominant view is that masculinity is toxic.

Economic development should incentivize, not penalize, local business owners

News Staff

Monday, September 29, 2025

It is imperative that cities such as Lampasas look to new ideas and means for developing the local business environment. Diversification is crucial, particularly for smaller cities, as is creating a vibrant entrepreneurial setting that encourages business ownership.

When children walked to school

Terence P. Jeffrey

Monday, September 22, 2025

When I was a boy, my brothers and I walked more than 2 miles every weekday. This was because we lived a little bit more than a mile from the school we attended.

Is evolution a fact, or still just a theory?

News Staff

Monday, September 22, 2025

There have long been at least two major views to explain the origin of our universe, the earth on which we live, and life. Most evolutionary theorists evidently believe that matter and life came about from non-life and non-intelligence.

My Artificial Intelligence grows weary

Victor Joecks

Monday, September 22, 2025

I’ll be a lot more worried about AI when it stops acting like a lazy child.For the last several months, I’ve been kicking around a book idea. The biggest hurdle isn’t the writing or even the daunting task of creating a way to ensure someone else actually reads it.

Teetering on the edge of the abyss

Laura Hollis

Monday, September 22, 2025

At this writing, it has been about a week since young conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down at a rally on the campus of Utah Valley University in front of his wife and hundreds of attendees.

Residents gather to recognize the freedoms that conservative speaker Charlie Kirk championed across the nation and to pray for strength and corporate healing after his assassination last week. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Vigil honors legacy of Turning Point USA founder

News Staff

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Hundreds of area residents, perhaps more than a thousand, gathered Monday night at the Lampasas County Courthouse for a candlelight vigil organized over the weekend to honor the legacy of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.This was not a protest event. It was not a political rally.

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