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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:

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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:

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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)

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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.”

Thinking Out Loud - Shorts

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In an American City

Andy Ngo is a soft-spoken, almost timid editor for the centrist magazine, Quillette, a publication founded in Australia, but one that focuses on all things American, from politics to the arts, science, and technology. Ngo also happens to be the gay son of Vietnamese immigrants.

Thinking Out Loud: Dem and Demmer

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It would have been easy for me to talk myself out of watching the two back-to-back Democratic debates this week. After all, I already knew what their positions were on

For What It’s Worth: Reality of getting old comes in many forms

Regardless of what people maywanttothinkordesire or wish, there is only one true inevitability to life – it will end. Geesh, that’s a real up-beat way to open a column –

Mirror Ministries:

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This week I am in the Dominican Republic. While at the airport, we realized three other mission teams from across the United States were also on our flight. I looked