Aship that arrived in Dover, England, the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1793, brought some bloody news from France. The Wednesday edition of the London Evening Mail told the story in detail. It carried a simple headline: “Execution of Louis XVI.”

Scientists today affirm that there was a single supercontinent on early Earth known as Pangea. The existence of such a continent may explain a lot about biblical history and today’s paleontological and archaeological finds.

President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukrainian premier Volodymyr Zelensky last week was an unmistakable sign of solidarity with Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russian kingpin Vladimir Putin’s reckless invasion. To the extent Biden’s aim was to send such a symbolic message to Moscow and its allies, he succeeded.

The Texas Constitution, Article 3, Section 24, gives the Texas Legislature 140 days to meet, every other year. On Jan. 10, both the Texas House and Senate convened for the 2023 regular legislative session that will end May 29. The first 30 days are reserved for establishing rules and filing legislation. The second 30 days allow filing of legislation and, primarily, committee hearings.

I am writing to thank Lampasasarea residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout Lampasas and the Mid-Texas Area Team contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child.

Former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s 2024 presidential announcement last week, which makes her the first Republican to declare other than former President Donald Trump himself, formally commences what should prove to be a tumultuous GOP presidential primary. But despite the impending made-for-TV drama in the GOP primary, the fact remains that the party has a number of possible or likely candidates who are either well-qualified or broadly popular with a substantial slice of the national electorate.

House Republicans have discussed launching an independent investigation into who leaked the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade after the court concluded its inquiry last month without uncovering the leaker’s identity.

Conservative journalists, commentators and on-air talent at organizations like Fox News, The Blaze, Townhall, Breitbart, The Daily Wire, HotAir, PJ Media and The Federalist have been working for years to break the stranglehold the Left has on the media. They have made remarkable strides, and their impact is growing every day.

What a week it was. As per usual, President Joe Biden’s State of the Union “speech” was an incoherent mishmash of inane nonsense, manufactured hysteria, irrelevance and outright lies.

The utterly humiliating saga of a highaltitude Chinese surveillance “balloon” successfully traversing the entire North American continent, only to be shot down off the South Carolina coast after completing its intelligence-gathering voyage, ought to serve as a wake-up call for America’s ruling class.