Live Thought

Do you think all Republicans, including every statewide elected official in Texas, are insurrectionists and threats to Democracy?

My plan was to procrastinate this year, as usual, before finally putting out a Christmas Gift Guide the week before Christmas, when it’s too late to get hold of any of the items I mention.

OPINION — We all know languages change over time. Very few of us, for example, speak the way people did 500 years ago, when Bill Shakespeare wrote screenplays for the BBC, using words like forsooth and wherefore and methinks.

OPINION — How the rehashed topic of a ballot initiative to change the way San Angelo selects its police chief is not known, but the movement to have the city manager and council select a chief instead of the current police chief election is certain to fail. Proponents of changing the process do not understand the political environment of 2022.

Did you call the police yesterday when you saw someone speeding on Loop 306, or accidentally running a red light on Chadbourne late at night?  I would be willing to guess the answer is ‘no’ to each of these. 

Ever since Elon musk closed on his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter, he has been active first as the “Chief Twit” and now as the “Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator” fielding questions from regular folks and famous authors like Stephen King alike.

OPINION — San Angelo is my hometown. I love our town because of the people. It’s a city where common sense, hard work, and patriotism are still alive and valued. Yet, the town we love protects the right to life of a dog at the shelter, but not an unborn human child’s right to life.

But for an unwanted child there are few barriers to protect his or her life. This is why passing this ordinance is so important.

OPINION — Well, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that CNN, that paragon of integrity in news reporting, has finally figured out what’s causing all the global warming. The bad news is that the culprit is your pet.

I wasn't going to publish this letter.

OPINION — As I’m sure you’ve already heard, the art world was recently stood on its collective ear by a pickle. This was not just any pickle, but a pickle from a McDonald’s hamburger. And although you’d have a hard time finding anything in the universe less rare than a McD’s pickle, this one was special. But before we get to the pickle, you’ll need some background.

SAN ANGELO, TX — (OPINION) Two cases headed for trial are concerning and both are for misdemeanor offenses. It is instructive to understand how these cases were introduced, as we know so far, so voters can know how decisions seem to be made in Chris Taylor’s Tom Green County Attorney’s office. The County Attorney handles the lower-level offenses where most are misdemeanors – driving while intoxicated, simple assault, and petty theft. The cases generally are tried in one of two County Court-At-Law courts.