

Stranger Texas
Reading obituaries has always been interesting to me, as long as it is not mine. One recent obituary in the Fort Bend Herald spoke of an...


My coronavirus face mask
The coronavirus face mask does little for my fashion statement. No matter how dominant the necktie, everyone notices the face mask first....


Tears over Jerusalem, USA
This poignant story in the life of Jesus has implications for today. As Jesus concluded the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday),...


Cities under siege in America
Summer 2020, the legitimate protests have now devolved into frenzied mobs. Police stations seized. City blocks ceded to the rioters....


City of Houston
In 1836, the frontier town of Houston, Texas, was more infamous than famous. The gossip drifting east of the Sabine River whispered that...


Embarrassment
At 7 years old, my bucket list did not value formal education. Attending school was my reluctant response to maternal ultimatums. But...


Joshua Houston: Slave to Legislator
Among the illustrious speakers at the 1888 Republican National Convention was Frederick Douglass, an American social reformer known for...


Hard Ground America!
Happy Independence Day 2020! In 1776, our Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, setting in motion a...


Frank Eiland Texas Songwriter
When American frontiersman and posthumous Texas hero Davy Crockett left politics in Tennessee, he famously said that they may go to hell,...


Texas History: Moses Austin
Moses Austin was a dreamer. Much of his adult life was spent looking for the land of promise. But he never quite attained his goal....












