Taking thankful stock at the end of the year

Body By the time you read this, the publisher and editor of these newspapers will be bound for the East Coast to spend the holidays with family and friends.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH Google the barbell housefly Stump Google! That’s the name of the game. The challenge is to think of something that doesn’t appear when you Google it. I’ve won twice recently. Google doesn’t seem to know about a soda fountain drink called a Coke phosphate.

Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed

Body A half-dozen lawsuits challenging the 13 approved Texas constitutional amendments appear to be dead in the water, The Dallas Morning News reported. The secretary of state’s office last week declared the propositions approved and now a part of the Texas Constitution, while Gov.

The Christmas Red Zone

Body A Sunday of NFL football means that the phrase “red zone” is within earshot when in and out of the living room. Once a team reaches the opponent’s 20-yard-line, it is within twenty yards of the endzone. Scoring opportunities are within grasp.

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

Body AUSTIN—As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov.

Rosalynn

Body [ dripping with sarcasm] “Of course, Jimmy, I want you to forget the fact that you graduated in the top percentile of the United States Naval Academy and are well on your way to an illustrious naval career so that we can go home and farm.

House kills school choice plan

Body AUSTIN—The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposedvoucherplan,also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported.

The 501

Body COMMENTARY HANABA MUNN WELCH Raise your hand if you think you might be neurotic. Raise your other hand if you don’t know what it means. It’s a crazy word. As a child, I wondered what it meant when my mother said it. Now my husband says it. I’m still wondering.

Special session likely to end with no voucher deal

Body As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American- Statesman reported. In a social media post, Lt. Gov.

What am I missing here?

Body Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.