Once a year, or so, I feel an uncanny need to atone for my sins against our household budget by holding a garage sale. When our home begins to look like it should be featured on the season finale of …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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10/6/17
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I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions. In fact, I usually scoff at the very concept of suddenly making a decision to change some aspect of one’s life, especially after a night …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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12/29/17
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In our family, we’ve always tried to focus on the fun, lighthearted aspects of Halloween. Imagine Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin (which always makes me cry a little), or Winnie the Pooh …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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10/20/17
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Dear Facebook,
I know you’ve been under fire lately due to the Cambridge Analytica scandal (and the fact that your gobzillionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reacting like a 16-year-old who just got …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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4/20/18
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The author of this story is unknown and has been told by many people throughout the years. The gentleman to whom I’m going to introduce was not a scrooge, but a kind, decent man and generous to his …
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LIVING ON PURPOSE | DR. BILLY HOLLAND
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12/22/17
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During the Christmas season each year, my family takes a traditional road trip to Santa Land in the East Texas city of Lindale. Santa Land is one of those spectacular drive-through Christmas lights …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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12/15/17
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Several years ago, my family was presented with a gift that, since then, has become a national Christmas holiday phenomenon, namely, The Elf on the Shelf. When I first saw it, I had the same reaction …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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12/2/17
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This year, my wife and I made a surprise trip to New England so that I could accept an award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in Manchester, NH. I suspected that the prize would …
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES
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9/8/17
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I don’t like to complain about typos. Mistakes happen. Even the best writers and editors can let them slip by. And lord knows I’ve made my share.
Nor do I like to point to typos and say, …
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A WORD PLEASE | JUNE CASAGRANDE
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8/11/17
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I ran for Tarrant County Judge in 2006 on a platform of traditional conservative principles: local control, public safety and more personal freedom.
For the past 10 years, I have watched Austin …
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By JUDGE Glen Whitley
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2/23/18
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