Gabe

C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMIt is a sad inevitability that a school teaching career will come with heartache, none greater than losing a student or former student to death through illness or accident.The tragedy is multi-layered, a personal grief of seeing the empty chair in a...

Designing living spaces, baling wire

COMMENTARYInterior design.Most of us are practicing amateurs. It’s fun. Just rearranging furniture can give you a new lease on life.

Data center owners grilled by legislators

AUSTIN— Texas lawmakers grilled data center developers, energy companies and grid officials recently on the impact of the state’s data center boom, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Don’t lose the keys

Shed a Little Light“Waiter, I’ll have my meal automated, with a side of artificial intelligence.”It may sound like a scenario that will never happen, but when it comes to technology and progress, I’m not holding my breath.After all, less than 20 years ago the smartphone was introduced.

“Practice what you preach”

THOUGHT FORTHEW EEK with Pastor Kim NorwoodPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower once said,“Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.”Many years ago, I watched the movie “K-19,” the true story of the disastrous maiden voyage of a Soviet Union...

So many pictures, so few names

The 501Photographs are a thing of the past.True, all mankind is drowning in pictures of mankind. You yourself have a jillion on your phone. Right?But they don’t count unless you print them. My opinion.

In a word, community

C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMChange is hard for me.

Cornyn reverses filibuster stance

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIONAUSTIN— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn last week reversed his opposition to changing the Senate’s filibuster rules, writing in an op-ed that legislation in that chamber should pass with a simple majority, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

An eye on government can track taxpayer money, expose wrongdoing

COMMENTA R Y | CONTACTSunshine week 2026 in TexasAs we watch over our government, it’s often about the money.Are taxpayer dollars being spent wisely on social programs, road projects and employee pay? Can we view government contracts with outside organizations?

The 501

COMMENTARYMy daddy wasn’t much of a wheeler-dealer. Me, I got the not-a-wheeler-dealer gene.Mother always said Daddy actually liked giving the other guy the best end of the deal. Daddy walked on high moral ground.Not me. I’m just not a good haggler. I’ll admit it.