How property tax relief took shape in 2023

When property owners received their 2023 proposed appraisal valuation notices in May, most Lampasas County owners took no action. However, many property owners were shocked by what their appraisal notices proposed, some seeing appraised values increased by more than 900%.

Time to slay the DEI Leviathan

On Thursday, Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez announced that its embattled associate dean for “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Tirien Steinbach, had resigned.

The biblical concept of marriage

1. Nowhere in the Bible is marriage ever mentioned as anything other than a union between a man and a woman. Never is marriage spoke of as a union between a man and a man, or a union between a woman and a woman. Samesex marriage is a human concept, not a biblical concept. 2.

‘God’s children are not for sale’

In the movie “The Sound of Freedom,” the subject matter – pedophilia – is handled as tactfully as it is possible to do so. I heard no profanity and saw no graphic sexual imagery. Yet I was as deeply touched and angered as I’ve ever been.

A pandemic of cruelty to parents

There is a pandemic in the Western world -- especially, but not only, in America -- that few are talking about, let alone addressing. This pandemic doesn’t actually kill people.

Refocusing America’s attention

America is struggling.

The founders were right

In our politically contentious era, it’s popular to claim the Constitution is outdated; that it was drafted in a bygone era by men whose moral failings (like slave ownership) discredit every other contribution they made to the founding of our country.

Biden in the wind

Except for a modest number who go by ferry, almost everybody who travels between Marin County and San Francisco does so by crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in some kind of vehicle. They may do it in a car, a truck, a bus or on a motorcycle -- unless they are President Joe Biden.

Do you love America?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro. *** What, precisely, is it about America you love?

Lack of transparency at LEDC

The Lampasas Economic Development Corp. is probably not a household name, but they should be. Their 20-year record of failure and money wasting should alarm and concern every taxpayer in Lampasas. Their lack of transparency and accountability is even more disturbing.