Eddie Bernice Johnson Elementary recognized

WILMER – The City of Wilmer’s new elementary school already has a feather in its cap before the doors even open. The Eddie Bernice Johnson Elementary School’s Principal Umoja S.

NEW FOOD TRENDS CAN SAVE TIME AND MONEY

FAMILY FEATURES – As families continue to adjust their meal routines amidst a worldwide pandemic, there are trends you and your loved ones can follow to improve your general health, maintain a budget and spend more time together.

EDITORIAL: Abolish police, and the Second Amendment becomes a first resort

“My whole adult life, opponents of private gun ownership have insisted that an individual right to keep and bear arms was outmoded because it is better to rely on the police,” Georgetown Law professor Randy Barnett recently remarked.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (August 6, 2020)

OP-ED: Obama’s so-called eulogy for John Lewis was a disgraceful political display

Barack Obama is rightfully known as one of the most powerful orators of his generation. He is the only president in modern memory to have ascended to the national spotlight on the power of a single speech, with his eloquent words at the 2004 Democratic Party Convention.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK (August 6, 2020)

Michael Hermosillo of the Los Angeles Angels catches a fly ball hit by Robbie Grossman of the Oakland Athletics for the final out of their game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on July 25, 2020, in Oakland, California.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: A ‘childlike-wonder’ lesson you’ll need today

Welcome this week to the “front porch.” We’re talking childlike wonder for the second week in a row, and you may wonder why. There are so many worldly events to talk about right now, why this?

OUT TO PASTOR: I love a mystery... when it’s a mystery

Because of the situation we are in these days, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I have spent some significant time watching mystery movies. I have always loved mysteries. I especially like those where the mystery is a challenge to figure out until the very end.

THIS WEEK IN AMERICAN HISTORY (August 6, 2020)

AUGUST 6, 1945 - At 8:15 a.m., at an altitude of 31,600 ft., an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” released the world’s first operational atomic bomb. The bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy,” detonated 50 seconds later 1,800 ft above the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (August 6, 2020)