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If readers of this column ever stop calling or writing me about East Texas history, I suppose someone will have to put me out to pasture. More ... Hurricane survivors “Daddy, I’m scared”, I cried as I scrambled around the backyard trying to catch another chicken. The wind was already howling around the house, the trees bending and twisting. More ... We are in the hottest part of the summer and I know everyone is looking for a cool place to be. Just hang in there and before you know it, it will be football season. More ... What started out as a grassroots movement in communities – large and small from Texas to Maine – has now become a national powerhouse. The Tea Party began as a way for people to voice their frustration with liberals in Washington stealing away their personal liberty - from ObamaCare and a national energy tax to out-of-control spending and bailouts. More ... In 1609 Galileo made his first perspicillum (see-through device) which we now call a telescope. It was initially used as a spyglass for seeing distant ships and other terrestrial objects. More ... This past Fourth of July, I had the honor of welcoming nearly 90 new U.S. citizens aboard the USS Lexington, whose permanent home is in Corpus Christi Bay. It was a fitting location to commemorate Independence Day, and also join these new U.S. citizens as they celebrated the many freedoms and opportunities they could now, as Americans, claim as their own. More ... |
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