Texas does not need Big Brother watching over us; this is America, not Soviet Russia.

Texas does not need Big Brother watching over us; this is America, not Soviet Russia.

The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the read more

The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully.

Public hospitals may become an endangered species. Not only are public hospitals disappearing from inner cities across the country, they read more

Public hospitals may become an endangered species. Not only are public hospitals disappearing from inner cities across the country, they are disappearing from the suburbs as well.

This is the only lighthouse we've ever read about or heard about that has tide pools designed for the handicapped, read more

This is the only lighthouse we've ever read about or heard about that has tide pools designed for the handicapped, where you can actually take a wheelchair, go down ramps and go into the Pacific Ocean and touch the urchins and the starfish. That really impressed us.

I am more spontaneous than my character...

I am more spontaneous than my character...

There is no evidence Victor Rodriguez physically caused the death of people.

There is no evidence Victor Rodriguez physically caused the death of people.

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have read more

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have an academic decathlon coach. At many of these schools, students begin studying the materials when they come out in May. They've been pushing decathlon at these schools for years.

We wonder why we're electing Democrats and Republicans who seem to be more extreme than the average Democrat or Republican, read more

We wonder why we're electing Democrats and Republicans who seem to be more extreme than the average Democrat or Republican, and when they get to the statehouse, they don't seem to talk to one another.

They have very little fat on them and this was in October, at the time of year when we would read more

They have very little fat on them and this was in October, at the time of year when we would expect them to be almost at their maximum weight.