AUGUST 26: Red Oak 51, The Colony 43

RED OAK – Kemondre Yancy’s interception with 3:30 left to play in the game sealed the victory for Red Oak (1-0) over The Colony.Red Oak lead by as much as 17 points. Two touchdowns in the final minute of the third quarter weren’t enough for The Colony (0-1).

AUGUST 26: Stephenville 49, Midlothian Heritage 42

MIDLOTHIAN – Quarterback Ryder Lambert threw for 278 yard and five touchdowns on 19 completions and added a rushing touchdown to lead defending state champion Stephenville over Midlothian Heritage.

AUGUST 26: Waxahachie 42, Ennis 2

WAXAHACHIE – Three seasons of losses to rival Ennis provided all the motivation Waxahachie quarterback Roderick Hartsfield Jr. needed.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (September 1, 2022)

OPINION: Woke retailers seek congressional smash and grab on your credit card

Woke retailers like Home Depot, Kroger, and Walmart are asking Congress to pass their own special smash and grab worth billions of dollars by mandating changes to how credit cards are processed.

OPINION: Biden proves he can’t be trusted on inflation, even if saved by the Fed

President Joe Biden and his team schooled us on inflation with last week’s student loan debt forgiveness announcement, but not in quite the way they think.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES: September 1, 2022

FOR THE RECORD“It is profoundly immoral to transfer the privately incurred debts of some onto the backs of all taxpayers, most of whom put in the work to pay off their own debts.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Cold dip in Basin Creek

Welcome, all, to the “front-porch.”A chronicle of Day 3 of our 2022 Yellowstone excursion: Tuesday, July 12A rugged thirty-five mile journey such as this always has its bitter-sweet parts.You are well aware of the bitter, I am sure – at least, most of it.

OUT TO PASTOR: The harmonious melody of hummingbirds

A few months ago, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage bought a harp and began teaching herself how to play it.She can play the piano, organ, flute, and sometimes me. Now she has graduated to the harp.So I guess she’s preparing for heaven, where she’ll play a heavenly harp.

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (September 1, 2022)