Things to be thankful for

One of the worst aspects of an everenlarging government is that it begins to take on an outsized importance in our daily lives. The political parties and people who control them become more important than they should be.

When four seconds mattered

Some people might think sitting high up in the end zone of a college football stadium is not a good place to watch a game. They would be wrong. The ultimate strategic goal of every football team in every game they play is simple: Score more than the other team.

The right to vote

My beloved 96-year-old father is an elder statesman of his beloved Lampasas.

Young Americans voted to ruin their lives

Last week, The New York Times published a column by a left-wing academic (forgive the redundancy), John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. In his first sentence, Mr. Della Volpe reveals his politics.

How to know which side tells the truth?

In a recent Fireside Chat -- my weekly podcast for PragerU, half of which is dedicated to my taking questions from (mostly) young people around the world -- a man in his 20s asked how he was supposed to figure out who is telling the truth and who isn’t. He undoubtedly was speaking for millions of...

Student loan forgiveness meets the rule of law

President Joe Biden’s $400 billion 2022 election bribe -- also known as student loan forgiveness -- has been now stopped in its tracks on two fronts.

U.S. sending billions to China this year

Two weeks after he was inaugurated, President Joe Biden traveled over to the State Department to deliver a speech about his foreign policy. One point he repeatedly stressed in that speech: He was not going to let the People’s Republic of China take advantage of the United States.

Postmortem 2022

Unlike past elections where certain factors, issues or problems clearly stand out when explaining results, analysis of these midterms feels like assembling a jigsaw puzzle: lots of parts, no clear picture of what happened or what’s coming.

letters policy

The Lampasas Dispatch Record encourages letters from readers. Letters should be to the point, typed if possible, and signed. Address and telephone numbers also should be included for verification purposes. Only one letter per writer will be considered in a 60-day period.

Flag placement at cemetery

The Rock Church Cemetery Association would like to thank Scouts, parents and Scout leaders who placed U.S. flags at American veterans’ graves on Nov. 5, prior to Nov. 11, and participated in a brief ceremony honoring those veterans for their service.