Memorial Day, celebrated on May 30, is cause for contemplation as well as ceremonies. Parades featuring people in uniform – those currently serving, those who have served, and others who protect us – should always be welcome. Military uniforms remind us of the roles of war in our history – and our present.
Mass shootings in Texas have become so common, they begin to collectively feel familiar. But each lands with fresh horror.
Ah, the rituals of a Texas summer: A run through the sprinklers. A hot grill and a cold beer.
Wild West of pipelines increases costs at every level of powering Texas. When the lights went out across Texas last year, a lot of people and businesses lost money.
It’s been almost a year since Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed that he and state lawmakers did “everything that needed to be done” to prevent electricity blackouts like the one that left hundreds of Texans dead and millions more shivering in the dark for days during a brutal freeze in 2021.
John Cornyn couldn’t ignore Ken Paxton anymore. We’ve waited seven long years for somebody at the top of the Texas GOP to tell us how they really feel about Paxton’s shameful tenure as attorney general and his uncanny ability to avoid trial on a federal securities fraud indictment handed down way back in 2015.
Those who support maintaining Title 42 point to an overtaxed immigration system on the brink, one that would have been pushed beyond its limits with the repeal of this Trumpera policy. The Biden administration had sought to end Title 42 on Monday, but the repeal, as expected, was blocked late Friday by District Judge Robert R.
It has been more than two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many things have changed since then. The way I work, the way I shop and the way I hang out with friends have possibly been changed permanently by the events of the past two years.
We already knew the catalytic converter situation in Connecticut was out of control. And then it got worse when Farmington Officer James O’Donnell was very seriously injured in September when he was hit by a fleeing stolen vehicle when he went to the scene of a suspected catalytic converter theft.
Dear Dr. Roach: I have a question for your column. What is the number of LDL cholesterol that would necessitate taking statins? I am an active 51-year-old female and weigh 126 pounds at 5 feet, 2 inches tall. I eat a healthy diet and avoid trans fat. My total cholesterol is 260, LDL is 173 and HDL is 67. I have had high LDL since I was a teenager. My blood pressure is 123/77. My general practitioner prescribed a low-dose statin (Crestor 5 mg). My cardiologist said that statins will lower my cholesterol but that it does not ensure I will be protected from a heart attack or stroke.