The Cracker Barrel backpedal

The Cracker Barrel chain of restaurants has backed off the disastrous plan it had to revamp the classic logo, which had featured an elderly white man in overalls (“Old Timer” or “Uncle Herschel”) leaning on a barrel.

News proves the Left was wrong on Trump

There are only a few professions where you can be consistently wrong and hold onto your job. Apparently, being a Democrat is one of them. It’s less evident when a Democrat is in the White House, because the media will lie and engage in deflective handwaving to cover up for them on a daily basis.

District Court judge seems to be passing off some of her duties

As a citizen of Lampasas County, I was very disappointed to find out that the judge who we elected to represent our 27th District (Debbie Garrett) is not covering all of her duties as indicated in her contract.

The art of the deal, Russia-Ukraine style

Two months after the breathtaking Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and the ceasefire with Israel that soon followed, President Donald Trump once again upended conventional foreign policy wisdom.

How the Left feeds hunger in Gaza

If Western leftists cared less about starving children in Gaza, there would be fewer starving children in Gaza.Food shortages have been a major concern in the Gaza Strip. U.S.

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.