ARLINGTON, Texas – A Texas city has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last September after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a splash pad he’d visited.
When Gov. Greg Abbott created a task force this month to look at teacher and school staff shortages, he was wading into an issue that has long plagued public schools in the state.
We build our lives around the things we believe. But, how do we know that what we believe is true? It has been my observation that people consider their beliefs an essential part of their being, that an attack on a person’s belief might be taken personally, resulting in defensiveness, or even a counterattack.
Standing in line at Walmart with my hands full of a mix of groceries and paper goods, I chastised myself for not getting a cart. Thirty minutes earlier, I passed the carts in a rush as I entered the store, telling myself that I would be less tempted to veer from my short list without a cart. As I stood in line, I realized that my Jenga and Twister skills mastered as a child were no match for avoiding my temptations as an adult: I was overloaded with “necessities.”