Houston odd man out in love triangle

On Jul. 12, 1839, Sam Houston wrote a letter to his favorite pen pal, a woman young enough to be his daughter, to say how much he missed her and his Texas. The three sides of the best known romantic triangle in Lone Star history first laid eyes on each other in 1833.

This car tag discussion has me thinking

“If an expired license plate means another decoration for your living room wall … you might be a redneck.” —Jeff Foxworthy “I’m going to the courthouse to get new tags for the car,” I remember my grandfather saying as he tapped his pipe on the ashtray to empty the remains of Prince Albert tobacco.

Inflation can be ‘shocking’ in retirement

When you retire, you hope that you’ll be able to anticipate the events that could cause you financial challenges down the road.

In a split second

Living in Texas you can expect extreme weather. Winter is usually mild compared to the northern states, fall is pleasant with a few cold snaps, summer heat can be brutal, and spring comes the rain, storms, and tornadoes … and we had a humdinger of a storm recently.

Watch out for online shopping scams on Prime Day

This year, Amazon isn’t the only retailer rolling out discounts for Prime Day (July 11-12). Walmart, Target, and Kohl’s, just to name a few, are also participating in this year’s sales. Unfortunately, more deals also mean more chances for scammers to take advantage of eager shoppers.

House Democrats’ tax plan would help renters Capital Highlights

Texas House Democrats unveiled a $20.9 billion plan for property tax relief that drops tax rates, increases the homestead exemption, gives annual rebates to renters, and includes pay raises for teachers, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Houston’s third choice fills D.C. vacancy

Anson Jones boarded a ship at Galveston on Jul. 11, 1838 for the long, roundabout trip to Washington, D.C. As much as the Massachusetts native dreaded the difficult journey, he disliked the destination even more. But Dr. Jones always found it hard to say no to Sam Houston.

Now you’re speaking my language

We’re only here on this planet for a short time, so it behooves us all to be able to tell the difference between the cooing of a Mourning Dove, the mooing of a baby calf, the mewing of a little cat, the stewing of bureaucrat, the chewing (out) of an angry dad, the spewing of a tummy gone bad, the...

Hello, again!

Writes When I was sixteen, I walked into my high school’s newsroom on the first day of my junior year. It was an elective I’d chosen, but was nervous about, since it was a bit out of my comfort zone as a shy teenager. I’d wanted to be a journalist since I was a kid.

Twins for Life

Once upon a time, in a cozy little nursery, two babies were about to embark on the most incredible journey of their lives. One of those babies was me, Pam, and the other was my twin sister, Melody.