Rural folks produce the food, fuel and fiber that powers our state and nation. Texas dwarfs all other states in the nation in the number of beef cows produced, with over 4.6 million.

It was just a case of mistaken identity. But after all these years, I need to share my secret.

While there is no way to predict who advances and who doesn’t, Castro County has some great teams moving into and through the playoffs. Three teams – Nazareth Swifts and Swiftettes, and the Dimmitt Bobcats are in the state high school basketball playoffs.

At a family reunion, I went outside to play catch with a cousin. “I’d rate your baseball skills below average,” he said.

Houston, we have a problem. The World Health Organization is attempting to take over our country by making “their advice” mandatory.

I’m jealous of people who find their life’s work early. For some, the discovery starts in elementary school.

Did you buy the story about the Chinese spy balloon? China does not need to send weather balloons openly drifting across the United States in the hopes that one of them might accidentally wander across something worthy of a snapshot. It has very good spy satellites orbiting over us right now.

It was a hot summer day years ago. My high school friend had just started a marketing job making lots more than minimum wage.

Do you still have your high school senior ring? I’ll never forget the day our rings arrived. If somebody hadn’t locked me in a toilet stall, I’d have been first in line.

Even as the Biden administration continues to say otherwise, things are not getting better. Americans are feeling the pain at the pumps and grocery stores, paying more in utilities just to stay warm, and inflation is at a 40-year high at 9.1%.