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Thinking Out Loud:

For the last few years, the LGBT activist group GLAAD has conducted an “Accelerating Acceptance” survey that polls various demographic groups on their general acceptance of those in the LGBT“community.” More specifically, one question, to paraphrase, was “how comfortable are you interacting with LGBT people?”

Woman in the Mirror: Avoiding a scam

Even though warnings have been issued on both television and the internet, scammers continue to take advantage of the elderly in Texas. According to the AARP scam-tracking map, most recent scams in the Lone Star State have to do with the IRS, Social Security, and gift cards.

Sage advice from a sixteen year old

“My policy for everything is to always listen to people because they have so much that they can teach you. Everybody knows something that you don’t. And I always like to follow my policy of listening. It’s kind of my golden rule.” Caleb Lewis is a junior at Highland Park High School in Dallas. He’s in the National Honor Society and takes advanced classes in Physics, English and French. He’s looking forward to college but hasn’t decided on a major.

Thinking Out Loud - Shorts

Sorry Not Sorry All seven Senate Democratswho are running for president were absent last Wednesday for a vote to send $4.6 billion in emergency humanitarian relief to thousands of migrant

State Capitol Highlights:AG announces crackdown on annoying calls

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in cooperation with the Federal Trade Commission, on June 25 announced a crackdown on “illegal robocalls.” The crackdown nicknamed “Operation Call it Quits”

German language and culture:

One of the fascinating things about Plautdietsch is the loan vocabulary. Each word tells a unique story about where the language’s speakers have traveled. Plautdietsch is predominantly spoken in Mennonite

Thinking Out Loud:

I’m not sure exactly when it started. It seems like it was some time between the 2006 case in which the Duke University men’s lacrosse team were falsely accused of

For What It’s Worth:

This past Thursday, the United States celebrated its 243rd birthday. Itwas onJuly4,1776that“the course of human events” predicated a group of men in Philadelphia to literally put their necks on the

Musings by Marilou: The flag still stands for freedom... (and they can’t take that away)

Exploding fireworks, festival-goers clad in red, white, and blue, and flags galore signal one thing, it’s the annual celebration of the birth of our nation and a salute to freedom. When I was teaching sixth grade, I had a spunky and creative pre-teen named Dusty who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance following our morning announcements. Every day wewould stand and Dusty would remain seated, and, honestly, it bothered me. I would signal in his direction for him to stand up and put his hand over his heart, but he would just look at me and shakes his head, “No.”

Spend the night in a Harvey House

In the late 1800’s Fred Harvey built restaurants all along the Santa Fe Railroad.

“There were no dining cars back then, so he saw a need for fine dining,” says Lynn Melton of Slaton. She manages the Harvey House in Slaton. It’s the only Harvey House in Texas where you can spend the night. “Mr. Harvey formed a company, partnered with Santa Fe. He was very meticulous about his service. He only used fine china and polished silver. He really did kind of revolutionize the industry. Walt Disney took his business model from Fred Harvey.”