Perspectives

Gov. Greg Abbot has issued a disaster declaration for Texas counties affected by the early February ice storm and is seeking a federal declaration for areas in Southeast Texas affected by rare January tornadoes. The ice storm caused considerable damage to property and power outages in the affected areas. The declaration for ice-storm-damaged counties includes Denton, Hays, Henderson, Milam, Smith, Travis and Williamson counties.

There are no small number of accusations lately that — shocking as it may be — some of our politicians are lying to us.

I’m jealous of people who find their life’s work early. For some, the discovery starts in elementary school. Ray was a very likable, outgoing guy. He got along well with everybody, including the teachers.