North Central Texas Council of Governments to host online public input opportunity from July 10 to Aug. 8

ARLINGTON – The North Central Texas Council of Governments is hosting an online public input opportunity from July 10 to Aug. 8 to allow residents to learn more about transportation initiatives and participate in the regional planning process.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (July 13, 2023)

OPINION: Biden declares war on profits

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently reiterated a point the Biden White House has been making for the past year: that inflation remains high not because of the Biden $6 trillion spending spree but because “high profit margins” captured during the COVID-19 pandemic drive up...

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: This and that – and when is a conspiracy theory not a theory anymore

This week I am writing my column from the state of Maine. I am here writing a story about sailing on a windjammer out of Rockland, but I am always thinking and inquiring about going down a rabbit hole – and this trip was no different.

OPINION: Heart-attack pushers Ben & Jerry’s hippie ‘Indian land’ hypocrisy

Way back in the Stone Age, shortly after the woolly mammoths disappeared, I was city editor of an Albany newspaper while Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were mixing up exotic ice cream on stolen land across the border in Vermont.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (July 13, 2023)

DEMAGOGUE“This MAGA majority on the [Supreme] Court has gutted affirmative action, blocked student debt relief for millions of Americans, and greenlit discrimination against the LGBTQ community. … Congress has clear authority to oversee the federal judiciary.

TASTE: SAVE TIME WITH SWEET, SAVORY, SALTY SNACKS

FAMILY FEATURES – Work, social commitments, kids’ activities and the daily grind can take over schedules and wreak havoc on your opportunities to sit at the table for meals.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 11

Part 11(Continued from last week) “We all came running out to the porch but were still afraid to remove the knot out of our stomachs until we put our eyes on you.

OUT TO PASTOR: Have giggle, will laugh

I have many problems in my life. I have yet to recognize all of my problems, but I’m sure I will soon.That’s why it’s so great to be married to someone like The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. There is no problem she cannot fix, and I have many examples to prove it.

The miracles of Jesus (part 10)

And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, “If I may touch the hem of His garment, I shall be made well.” – Matthew 9:20,21The word hem means fringe, tassel or the border of a garment.