Quinn Minute - Wild animals as pets

Many towns now prohibit citizens from housing jungle animals.What, exactly, is a “wild pet?” That depends on your town, and what its council considers more dangerous than a roving bachelors’ party.For instance, some communities term boa constrictors “wild.

Editor’s Message

It has already begun – if you vote for anyone other than someone in the two big political parties (the duopoly), it is a wasted vote.That just isn’t true. The only wasted vote is an unprincipled vote.

HHSC warns about scammers targeting Lone Star Cards

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is receiving an increasing number of complaints about a phone scam targeting clients who use Lone Star Cards and receive benefits from SNAP and TANF.

Quinn Minute - Finding a career

I’m jealous of people who find their life’s work early. For some, the discovery starts in elementary school.Ray was a very likeable, outgoing guy. He got along well with everybody, including the teachers.The rest of us tried to stay under a teacher’s radar, praying they would not call on us.

Thoughts from a Principled Conservative Outpost

As recorded by the American Enterprise Institute, true conservativism like that found in the Panhandle of Texas, is closely akin to classical liberalism. And, as espoused by John Locke in his Goal Setting Theory, is how healthy people live.

Empowering Women: CCH urges awareness of heart health

Heart disease doesn’t discriminate, affecting both men and women. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just a man’s problem. Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death among women in the United States, claiming one in every three lives.

Keep It Legal

It’s tax season. You’re probably getting your tax documents from your employer and your investments. You’re compiling them so that you can either send them to your accountant or use one of those online filing services.

Editor’s Message

A quote that stays with me all the time and has been used, though with varied wording, “Evil thrives where good men do nothing.” The original quote is thought to be from John Stuart Mill, 1867. Numerous leaders have used it throughout history.

Work life balance

Encouraging people in any enterprise, public or private, profit or nonprofit, volunteer or professional, to maintain a healthy balance between their work engagements and personal lives leads to lower stress levels and higher job satisfaction.

Quinn Minute - Valentine’s Day

We don’t give prehistoric people enough credit. These remarkable folks learned to walk upright, discovered fire, and invented the wheel. Sadly, they made that wheel out of wood, accidentally set it on fire…then had to start over again. Tribes painstakingly carved mud huts out of the earth.